Eastern Art (Or1995.07)

painting in colour on paper of a man in a blue military jacket, white trousers and a red turban holding a truncheon

Eastern Art (Or1995.08)

painting in colour on paper of a man in a white tunic and a red turban holding a huggah pipe

Eastern Art (Or2014.01)

Vase, ‘chicken liver stone’ colour red/black glass, elongated form with flared lip and foot.

Eastern Art (Or2014.02)

Vase,‘chicken fat’ yellow glass, elongated form with flared lip, This colour has been granted ‘National Intangible Cultural Heritage and Patent for Invention, No.201110392072’ by the Chinese government.

Eastern Art (E4379)

box for seal-rouge,porc,decd Imari borders,fig in landsc,4 figs on terrace,matches Or N 179

Eastern Art (No no. N7813/ 7814 (?))

h-k w-p c, floral 6agons + pointed ends on ground of beige & wh 6agons in floral border. Guards, tands of Ys. Beige frame. Knots symm, 9 per sq cm

Eastern Art (No no. N7813/4 (?))

h-k w-p c,runner,floral scrolls on dk blue

Eastern Art (Or1989.12.02)

Bowl, 2 handles, cut out ft, grey stoneware, lid missing, decd bands of incised wavy lines above handles.

Eastern Art (Or1986/08/11)

Eastern Art (DB 125.1)

Book dated 1814, ms in black & red nasxii on native paper; 63 ff. Stitched, but no cover. Copper-plate inscription says 'History of the Patriarch Joseph in Malay, written in Quidah on the west coast of the Malacca peninsula, given to the BPI by Captain Davies April 1824'.

Eastern Art (E4114)

Shawl. Black cotton. Polychrome embroidery: flowers, animals, geometric embroidery.

Eastern Art (E4356 /N189)

Buddhist lion, seated. Stoneware, grey-brown, locally reddened with blobs of white glaze.

Eastern Art (E4430)

Incense-burner (koro), with lid, on socle. Cast in relief with 2 tengu bird head (garuda head) handles, 6 panels depicting Arhats (rakan) etc., large.

Eastern Art (E4432)

Incense-burner (koro), with lid, on socle. Cast in relief with 2 tengu bird head (garuda head) handles, 6 panels depicting Arhats (rakan) etc., large.

Eastern Art (E5767)

Mask + nasal & gorget, from armour, Fe, under black lacquer (mask red inside, out lost) linked by green, poly & orange silk braid, natural moustache.

Eastern Art (00119TEA)

Packet of snuff box spatulas No card

Eastern Art (Mb5000)

Painting, in body-colour on un-mounted, un-sized silk (coarse). Procession of a jin-shi with enormous black sedan, etc. + wife in red sedan.

Eastern Art (Mb5001)

Painting, in body-colour on un-mounted, un-sized silk (coarse). Procession of a jin-shi, with enormous black sedan, etc. + wife in red sedan.

Eastern Art (Mb5005)

Copper-plate document (land grant), rectangle + 5-lobed top. Sheet copper, alloyed. Incised with figures R & V in lobes, text in S. Ind. script below.

Eastern Art (Mb5006)

Copper-plate document (land-grant): roughly rectangular, prominence top centre. Sheet copper + alloy. Incised with figures & text in South Indian script.

Eastern Art (Or1989.12.03)

Jar, flattened spheroid with flat lip, 2 x welt + 2 horizontal lugs, on flat base + 3 incised lines. Stoneware, grey.

Eastern Art (Or1987/04/01)

Eastern Art (Or1990/03)

Eastern Art (Or1990/05/06 A-B)

Buckles, 2, from Ct Dress of Ind Hi Ct Judge, steel rectL, curved, + cross-bar.

Eastern Art (Or1983.03.03)

Stallion, figure on rectangular stand with 4 loops, one on each corner. Copper alloy. Body corrugated, elaborate trappings. Local red paint. "Jungly".

Eastern Art (Or2004.230)

Circular image (fan painting?). 3 figures stand on terrace on clifs looking over water to building on neighbouring shore. 2 small boats in water, inscription and red seal at top.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 01)

Painting, in colours on native card. Pale-skinned couple. F on L in green & crimson sari. M on R in white cloth bordered with red & yellow; orange scarf; holding rosary.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 02)

Painting, in colours on native card. Light-skinned mother & child on L; dark skinned man on R, in white cloth bordered with red & yellow, with white & orange body-paint, carrying palm-leaf ms.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 03)

Painting, in colours on native card. 3 male entertainers: L & R in white turban & dhoti, L with 2 rings, R with bi-conical drum; central in red breeches & yellow cummerbund with cone of flowers(?) on head.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 04)

Painting, in colours on native card. Lady and Gent. Female on left in transparent crimson sari & Au bodice. Male on right in white, + green mantle.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 05)

Painting, in colours on native card. White-clad couple. M on L with white turban, dark blue shawl, straight flute & staff. F on R, one breast bare.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 06)

Painting, in colours on native card. Lady & gentleman. M on L in saffron turban, green coat & white trousers (both last with pink flowers), holding talwar in crimson scabbard. F on R in profile, wearing crimson sari & green bodice.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 07)

Painting, in colours on native card. (?) Itinerant restaurant: M & F in white robe with crimson borders & dark green jacket with floral pattern. F on L wears blue & yellow scarf, carries bundle on head, holds a water-pot. Mon R carries 2 pink containers on bamboo pole & holds tubular bucket.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 08)

Painting, in colours on native card. Mahout (?) & wife. F on L in crimson-bordered white sari over orange bodice. Mon R in orange turban & cummerbund, white coat with yellow shawl, white trousers with pink flowers; carries short, tasselled spear, hooked goad; and a whip tucked through his cummerbund.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 09)

Painting, in colours on native card. Parsees(?). Female on left wears dark green coat, pink trousers & mantle; holds rosary, fan & brush(?). Male on right wears white conical cap, a flower above each ear, loose pink over-skirt of yellow check on brown, 2 chains of beads & a blue shawl; smokes huggah, carries white bird in cage.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 10)

Painting, in colours on native card. Dravidian couple. M on R with burden in white mantle. F on L with purple robe; carries 2 white bundles.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 11)

Painting, in colours on native card. Barber & wife. M on L wears orange turban, white coat, white dhoti edged with crimson; holds cut-throat razor & whetstone. F on R wears aubergine sari with yellow border over white blouse & holds mirror(?).

Eastern Art (Tanjore 12)

Painting, in colours on native card. (?) Muslim couple. F on L in crimson sari, with green border, covering head. M on R (light-skinned) wears white skull-cap, scarf & sash, and brown skirt with black edge & yellow check.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 13)

Painting, in colours on native card. Snake charmer & wife. M, squatting at L, wears white turban with feathers, plays flute to cobra. F, standing R, clad in white, package on head & under arm.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 14)

Painting, in colours on native card. F, standing L, wears dark blue sari fringed with yellow & holds spindle of red thread. M on R wears red turban, white jacket, yellow shawl & white dhoti with red & yellow. Red package under arm.