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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One white and brown jade ornament.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1155">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Lacquer: wood box]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One dark brown lacquered wood box. Top and sides present relief-carved <em>ruyi</em> patterns the interiors of which are embellished with parallel red striations; plain flat base.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1151">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Wood: fasting tablet]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One rectangular brown carved wood fasting tablet. Obverse and reverse present a relief-carved botanical border surrounding a central rectangle containing two inscribed Chinese characters: 齋戒 (zhai jie, “fasting”); and 潔靜 (jie jing, “clean and pure”). One end of the pendant is threaded through with orange cord.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Acquired by Alley in Beijing. Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1141">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One small dark brown stone ornament in the form of a human head. Lighter-brown vein. Hair of figure is arranged in the form of a peak and defined by incised parallel grooves. Longitudinal hole pierced up into head at the base of the neck.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1090">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One yellow-white ivory puzzle ball comprising openwork carved and pierced concentric spheres. The outermost shell presents an intricate pattern of figures and botanical forms interleaved with ring-shaped openings. The next shell inwards exhibits a cut-out pattern of eight-pointed stars and circles interleaved with larger rings.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Mrs Ruth Duffield]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Purchased by Keith Duffield from Rewi Alley, and gifted to Canterbury Museum by his wife following his death.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1084">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One white openwork carved and pierced ivory sculpture in the form of an arc-shaped hollow flattened cylinder. Outer surface depicts garden landscape containing figures structures and trees.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1044">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bone: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One light tan carved bone ornament in the form of a cicada. Obverse and reverse exhibit incised details of eyes wings and body segments.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1042">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Wood: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One elongated cylindrical red-brown wood sculpture. Exterior presents relief carving of robed figures in a garden landscape. Sculpture open at the top but plugged at the bottom. Wood exhibits several vertical splits.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/998">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One creamy-white elongated carved ivory female figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced with details of lotus plant leaves and blossoms. Figure&#039;s right hand grasps stem attached to lotus bud and leaf disposed over her right shoulder. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal He Xiangu.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/997">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One creamy-white elongated carved ivory figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with details of leaves fruit and a small animal. Figure depicted holding a flute up to its mouth. Rear surface of figure is less detailed presenting an oval-shaped label with Chinese characters. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/996">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One creamy-white elongated carved ivory male figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with botanical patterns. Figure is depicted bearded and dressed in long flowing robes bearing a bamboo tube in its right hand and an orb-shaped fruit between the thumb and index finger of its left hand. Rear surface of figure is less detailed presenting an oval-shaped label with Chinese characters. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Zhang Guolao.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/995">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One creamy-white elongated carved ivory male figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with botanical patterns. Figure is depicted bearded and dressed in long flowing robes with his right hand clutching his belt and his left hand holding two clappers above his head. Rear surface of figure is less detailed presenting an oval-shaped label with Chinese characters. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Cao Guojiu.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/994">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One creamy-white elongated carved ivory male figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with botanical patterns. Figure is depicted bearded and dressed in long flowing robes with his right hand holding a calabash gourd bottle and his left hand a walking stick. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/993">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One creamy-white elongated carved ivory male figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with botanical patterns. Figure is depicted bearded and dressed in long flowing robes with a sword slung over his right shoulder and a Daoist fly whisk held in his right hand. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Lu Dongbin.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/980">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One grey-green carved stone head and neck placed on a red-brown carved wood base that resembles the upper torso of a figure standing with its arms by its sides. The front of the base exhibits a carved strap that extends from upper left to lower right. The stone head is noticeably chipped and worn whilst the wooden base is nearly pristine.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Gifted by Alley to Canterbury Museum during a visit to New Zealand in 1937.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/979">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One light tan carved stone head with a prominent hairpiece large ears and small facial features placed on a red-brown carved wood base that resembles the upper torso of a figure standing with its arms by its sides. The front of the base exhibits a carved strap that extends from upper left to lower right. The stone head is noticeably chipped and worn whilst the wooden base is nearly pristine.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Museum records vary as to where this head was discovered, either a cave near Quzhou in Zhejiang province, or Shandong province. Alley believed it as dating from the Eastern Wei Dynasty (534-550AD), although, despite damage to the head, there appear to be stylistic differences to Eastern Wei sculpture. Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/854">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One crescent shaped white jade ornament of an animal. Light brown vein. Four square legs projecting from body and long curving tail. Obverse and reverse present incised pattern on head and body.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/846">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bone: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One yellow-brown solid bone fragment in the form of a slightly flattened cylinder. Incised pattern of crisscrossing lines extends along one third of the object&#039;s body. Incised end of bone also exhibits a small hole piercing the longitudinal axis for about 8mm.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/845">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bone: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One yellow-brown hollow bone cylinder. One end tapers slightly; the other end is transversely cut at an angle. Body of object presents continuous incised diamond pattern.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/835">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Rock crystal: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One translucent carved rock crystal sculpture of a human figure wearing a robe and headdress.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/814">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bronze: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One small gilded bronze figurine in the form of a crouching lion. Small patches of green patina where gilding has flaked off. Tail of lion curves over its back and along its right hand side. Linear grooves detail eyes nose and paws. Figure is slightly split along its back. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/598">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One light yellow-brown jade pendant. Obverse and reverse present incised <em>taotie-</em>like design.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/583">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One yellow-brown and green carved stone pendant in the form of a fish with a flat oval-shaped body and tail. Incised details of gills and fins. One small hole pierced through the head.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/564">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One cream and brown carved stone pendant in the form of the horned head of a ram. Incised details of eyes ears and snout. Sculpture exhibits a small longitudinal piercing threaded through with orange cord.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/561">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One elongated jade green pendant in the form of a tadpole with a bulbous head and a blunt pointed tale. Darker green vein. Serpentine profile. Presents five holes; three in the head area; two in the lower tail.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/560">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One triangular partly translucent green-brown jade pendant. Yellow-brown and dark green vein. Three small holes pierce each apex of triangle. Obverse and reverse present incised serpentine decoration.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/559">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: seal]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One elongated oval shaped dark green jade seal. Obverse presents convex relief carving of a stylised cicada with incised details. Reverse is flat with a row of Chinese characters. One small hole piercing side through mouth.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/558">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One green-white jade pendant. Darker green vein. Obverse presents relief carving of a crouching toad. Incised details. Small hole piercing side of object behind its head.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/557">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One translucent green-white jade pendant. Brown vein. Carved in the shape of a fish. Obverse and reverse present incised serpentine patterns. Each end pierced by small hole.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/556">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One blade-shaped yellow-white jade pendant. Blue-brown vein. Pisciform with incised criss-crossing patterns on obverse representing scales. Reverse is flat and roughly finished. One small hole pierced in upper end. Implement for loosening knots.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/555">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One green-white jade pendant. Darker green and brown vein. Obverse presents convex relief carving in the form of a stylised couchant animal with incised details. Reverse is flat and presents vertical line of Chinese characters 豪氣年來漸掃除; line from a Yuan Dynasty poem written by Qiu Yuan 仇遠 (1247-1326 AD). One small hole pierced between front paws. ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/554">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One blue-green and creamy-brown stone carving in the form of a coiled eel with a long flattened body. Obverse and reverse incised with details of eye mouth and body segments. Approximately ovoid piercing through centre of stone.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/553">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One crescent-shaped blue-grey-white jade ornament in the form of a couchant canine. Brown-flecked vein. Incised details of eyes ears and ribs.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/550">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One long rectangular light tan carved stone sculpture with a square transverse cross section. Body exhibits incised linear features. One square end-face of sculpture presents circular piercing drilled along longitudinal axis.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/497">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One yellow brown and green stone carving in the form of a flattened bird&#039;s head. Appears to be a fragment of a larger sculpture broken off at the neck. Bird&#039;s head depicted with a prominent crest and hooked beak. Two circular holes pierce head and crest. Both faces of sculpture present incised details.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/400">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stone: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One light tan carved stone sculpture of a squat pot-bellied figure seated cross-legged on a hemispherical base.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Possibly depiction of Milefo (Maitreya). Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/389">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Instrument: candle mould]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One rectangular red-brown wooden candle mould in four sections held together with two multi-coloured braids of cord and fabric. Interior faces of mould components present carved decorations comprising a botanical pattern bordered above and below by geometric friezes.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/287">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One light tan elongated blade-shaped walrus tusk slightly curved along its length. Each side presents incised designs of figures engaged in boating and fishing.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/286">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Wood: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One openwork relief-carved wood sculpture depicting a robed figure on horseback. Sculpture painted red green and yellow.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/283">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One approximately rectangular red-brown openwork carved and pierced ivory sculpture. Presents a flattened frieze-like design of a bird feeding from a flowering planet.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/235">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Wood: pendant]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One small yellow-brown approximately cylindrical wood pendant carved in the form of the head of a man wearing a cap. Pierced longitudinally with mauve cord threaded through.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/220">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jade: ornament]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One jade ornament in the form of two fish. Comprises one large green-white fish to which is attached a smaller fish in green-brown vein. Both fish exhibit engraved details of eyes gills and fins.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/151">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Wood: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One wood sculpture carved in the form of a horse and two seated felines. Sculpture painted black with red highlights and white linear zig-zag patterning. Small hole pierced through side of base.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/150">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Wood: whistle]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Two approximately trapezoidal carved wood whistles in the form of squatting bears. Painted black with red highlights white linear hatching and zig-zag patterning. The head of each sculpture presents a small hole longitudinally piercing the body.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/146">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory: sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One yellow-white trapezoidal openwork carved and pierced ivory sculpture. Each face presents the same flattened frieze-like botanical design.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/145">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ivory sculpture]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One yellow-white trapezoidal openwork carved and pierced ivory sculpture. Presents continuous botanical design.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>
