Eastern Art (Finch 1107)

Eastern Art (Finch 1108)

Eastern Art (Finch 1109 a-b)

Eastern Art (Finch 1110)

Eastern Art (Finch 1111)

Eastern Art (Finch 1112)

Eastern Art (Finch 1113)

Eastern Art (Finch 1114)

Eastern Art (Finch 1115)

Eastern Art (Finch 1116)

Eastern Art (Finch 1117)

Eastern Art (Finch 1118)

Eastern Art (Finch 1119)

Eastern Art (Finch 1120)

Eastern Art (Finch 1121)

Eastern Art (Finch 1123)

Eastern Art (Finch 1124)

Eastern Art (Finch 1126)

Eastern Art (Finch 1128)

Eastern Art (Or2008.05)

Spouted ewer, no handle (ritual water vessel). One of a pair with Or2008.4.

Eastern Art (Finch 264)

Dish of porcelain with six lobes with brown 'lip rougue' glaze along rim (Japanese: fuchibeni ??). Decorated in underglaze blue with a design of a circle of two sprays of peony flowers with buds in centre. The border is divided into six panels with alternating images of young pine behind blue clouds, and a tree with plum blossom behind leafy grasses. The underside is decorate dwith a continuous scroll. There are lines along with footring. Within the footring enclosed in a large circle is a spiral fuku (Japanese: ?) 'luck' mark in a double square. There are six spur marks on the base. A note left by the collector, Irene Finch (1918-2019) reads: 'I Precursor'. Another sticker reads: 'GERALD BUSHELL COLLECTION' and on it in Irene Finch's handwriting: '97/73 50 repaired? repained. 1750s.'

Eastern Art (Finch 408)

Dish of porcelain decorated with red, pink, green, black and gilt enamels on underglaze blue. In the central rounel in a double circle is a stlised floret (Japanese: gobenka ???). In the surronding border are red, pink and gold cherry blossoms with blue and gold circles scattered about. Along the rim is a band of pale blue half-flowers with gold centres on dark blue. The underside is decorated with three branches of peony flowers in blue. Surrounding the footring is a thin band of red swirls. Within the footring enclosed in a large circle is a six-character mark in two lines that reads: ??????? (Japanese: taimin seika nensei) 'great Ming dynasty Chenghua period (1465-1487) make'. A note left by the collector, Irene Finch (1918-2019), reads: '94/26'

Eastern Art (Finch 196)

Eastern Art (Finch 217)

Eastern Art (Finch 478)

Eastern Art (Finch 161)

Eastern Art (Finch 130)

Similar to Finch 129. Dish of porcelain, a rectangular 'long plate' (Japanese: nagazara ??) with indented corners. Decorated in underglaze blue with contrasting fields divided along the diagonal by a bold zig-zag border, a design feature seen in Kodaiji lacquer of the Momoyama era (1568-1600). In one half is a landscape scene with a pine trees and flowers by a waterfall and rapids, with clouds, trees and hills in the distance. In the other half is an ocotpus arabesque (Japanese: tako karakusa ???) pattern, named after its resemblance to the suckers on an octopus' tentacle. The underside is decorate with a floral scroll on each side. On the footring is a geometric band. Within the rectangular footring on the base is a four-character mark in two lines that reads: ????(Japanese: Fuki Choshun), and means ‘wealth, nobility, longevity, and youth’. It is also translated as ‘good fortune and long life’ or ‘weath and everlasting spring’.

Eastern Art (Finch 501)

Eastern Art (Finch 549)

Eastern Art (E4092)

Trousers of Parsee woman's costume, bought by Miss Tanner at Yazd (Iran, 1890's). Basic rectangle 60" x 28" (approx. 150cm x 73cm). Waist, with blue tape drawstring in blue silk band above floral print on blue cotton, 60" x 11". Legs, rectangle, 18" long by 30" wide. Drawstring at bottom. Inner leg: coloured pattern weave of coarse cotton, over printed. Outer leg: Strips c2 1/4" wide of coloured silk and cotton (one pattern-weave), embroidered with flowers and birds in polychrome silk. Drawstring casing is machined. Red embroidered inscription at bottom of one leg.

Eastern Art (Ea6585)

Sword-guard, elliptical 4-lobed oval, 3 asymmetrical perforations; Fe, in openwork; wood effect swastika pattern in plain rim. Unsgd.

Eastern Art (Or2006.40)

Text of the Lord's Prayer in Chinese.

Eastern Art (H4635)

Painting on panel, two figures, a man on the left with two fingers raised, possibly in a gesture of blessing, towards a woman on the right wearing a headscarf.There is a halo around the head of each figure and a tree with circular leaves in the centre. Green ground with red and white details and traces of gilding.

Eastern Art (00289TEA)

Burmese book illustrating the capture of King Theebow 1885, painted by the king's artist. Concertina format. Painted in watercolours and with accompanying letter and explanation.

Eastern Art (00279TEA)

Manuscript written on palm leaf, Sri Lanka(?), 6 leaves perforated and strung together.

Eastern Art (00291TEA)

Printed fragments, Sanskrit(?).

Eastern Art (00295TEA)

5 illuminated pages from an Indian manuscript.

Eastern Art (00276TEA)

Book, printed, Japanese, puzzle combinations printed in solid blocks.

Eastern Art (Or1991.30)

Printed book, "Sarukani Kassen".

Eastern Art (Or1991.29)

Printed book, "Nedzumi no Yome-iri".