Eastern Art (Tanjore 15)

Painting, in colours on native card. Light-skinned couple. F on L wears orange sari edged with gold, & gold bodice. M on R wears orange turban, dark blue gown with white flowers; holds lance & bow. Background includes Wn-type mansion.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 16)

Painting, in colours on native card. M on L wears orange turban, green jacket with flowers, white dhoti edged with red & yellow; holds a letter & staff. F on R wears short yellow sari with black stripes, crimson pattern border; carries water jar.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 17)

Painting in colours on native card. Muslim couple. F on L wears orange bodice, dark blue gown with flowers, transparent veil. M on R wears dark green turban & gown; carries book in arabic script. To his R, a mosque, grave stones & a rahla(?).

Eastern Art (Tanjore 18)

Painting, in colours on native card. Light-skinned lady & gentleman. F on R wears golden bodice & pajamas with floral pattern under transparent skirt & shawl; holds rose; henna on hands & feet. M on R wears red cap & white floral turban, white shirt, purple buttoned jacket, yellow floral sash & dark blue floral skirt. Also, lion-headed sabre.

Eastern Art (00189TEA)

Skirt 2, silk, scarlet lined, silk

Eastern Art (Or1990 06 12)

B'sattva, porous grey stone carved in rlf, seated legs crossed, hands in ? teaching mudra, wears dhoti, 2 necklaces & turban, on gadrooned throne. Gandhara. Former Loan 1976/28

Eastern Art (Or1989.12.04)

Sauce-bottle, + spout, grey stoneware.

Eastern Art (Or1989.12.01)

Bowl, on 4 legs + Or-stand, 1 vert handle, grey stoneware, 2 2x bands raised welt at handle joins.

Eastern Art (E4388)

tea-pot and lid, of rectangular plan and curving profile; body and lid and loop-handle; short curved spout of square section. Stoneware, terracotta and liver. Painted in opaque polychrome enamels + s. cuenca outlines. Peony and chrysanthemum panels on emerald-green ground. Relief mark on base. Yixing (?).

Eastern Art (Or1981.12.01)

Drawing of a seated female, ink on native paper + s. black & white. Buff paper. Ink outline of young female, head in profile facing right, left arm extended, left leg crossed over right. Wears earrings, necklace, armlets, sleeved bodice, skirt and tight trousers. Hair in chignon. Hair filled in black; face and outlines of left arm redrawn on white. This woman is drawn in profile, in the Mughal courtly tradition. Portraits of individual women from this period are rare. It was common for court artists to work in pairs, one drawing the outlines, the other filling in the colours.

Eastern Art (N6836)

Tsuba, round. Iron, polished. Gold and niello(?) chrysanthemums. Signed.

Eastern Art (W729)

helmet. Fe, etc., assemblage

Eastern Art (ECMAG.3863)

Snuff bottle, greyish nephrite (jade) with exposed layer of mottled iron brown colour, unfinished. Rounded carving on grey side, flatter on mottled side, carved foot ring.

Eastern Art (N8171)

Asavari Ragini. A blue maiden with a skirt of leaves seated among mauve rocks by a tree, attended by 5 cobras. Painting in opaque colours on thin card.

Eastern Art (Or1983.04.02)

Painting: 5 female figures carrying water-pots, in floral border. Colours on paper. Main scene: on red ground, 5 female figures wearing bodice, skirt, transparent veil and jewellery, walking from left to right supporting on head a black lidded jar with white decoration; females 1, 2 and 5 hold it with right arm, female 4 with left; females 1, 2, 3 and 5 hold left hand at shoulder height but femalse 3 and 4 right hand down. Border: on lime-green ground, leaf scroll + 5-petalled mauve flowers between yellow and red guards. Devanagari inscribed in white.

Eastern Art (6984a), "A Hundred Views of Fuji"

Book, "A Hundred Views of Fuji" by Hokusai.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 19)

Green and yellow snake. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 20)

"Deekan" - rodent: Rhizomys Sumatrensis*. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper. * Malay: Dekan, English: Bamboo rat.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 21)

Curled-up reptile: Manis (?), Pangolin*. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper. * Malay: Pengguling, English: Scaly ant-eater. Known in Sumatra.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 24)

Two views of (?) Javan sword. Painting in opaque colour and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (N2119)

netsuke, ivory, rat in bag

Eastern Art (00128TEA)

Square sided, blue decoration. No card

Eastern Art (E4372)

Vase, meiping, splayed shoulders, porcelain, decorated in FR enamels, chrysanths etc. growing from rocky ground. Mk: QL 6-char. seal.

Eastern Art (Or2013.03), Free Essence 32

Sculpture made of many layers of sheet glass adhered together to create the form of a wave. Titled "Free Essence 32"

Eastern Art (00333TEA)

Gilt bronze bodhisattva.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 02)

Kingfisher-typer short-tailed bird, on branch + scarlet berries & pale orange 5-petalled flowers. Inscriptions: (ink) 'Tampessu'; (faded pencil) 'Lajoottang'. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 03)

Small brown heavy-beaked bird on plant with large peony-type flower & broad 3-bladed leaf. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 04)

Starling-type bird, blue back & black throat, belly & wing & tail tips on branch of plant with fine-bladed leaves & 4-petalled white flowers. Inscription: (Bird), Muncheelai; tree name faded. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 05)

Long-tailed white bird with blue head & beak, on tree branch with insig. flowers, but striking spiky red fruits. Inscriptions: pencil on back, bird 'Chou-ye', (tree) 'Rambotang'. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 06)

Chrome yellow & black bird on thorned branch with bright red berries. Inscriptions: (pencil) 'Bird Ootama or Utana, Tree Loo cum'; 3 faint Chinese characters. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 07)

Parakeet with red belly, green head & beak, black under tail; on pomegranate. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 08)

Pair of Atlas moths on plant with small white multi-petalled flowers. Inscriptions: (flower) 'Cata-pooling', (moths) 'Coobboo-Coobboo'. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 09)

2 small long-billed birds, upper with yellow belly, lower with crimson belly; black backs, on plant with small yellow flowers. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 10)

Grey bird with black back, on crimson chrysanthemums. Inscription: faded. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 11)

Wild mangostain. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 12)

Dove-like birds. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 13)

Green "magpie" and avocado husk. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 14)

"Pattow on sandalwood". Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 15)

Dove-like bird. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 16)

Black crow-like bird. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper.