Browse Items (1027 total)

One rubbing of bamboo and other plants.

One ancestor portrait.

One mounted ancestor portrait.

One mounted ancestor portrait.

One Tibetan holy script from Lamasery in Inner Mongolia.

Standing figure of Xi’er in blanc de chine porcelain. Xi'er is the heroine of the Revolutionary ballet 'The White-Haired Girl' (Bai mao nu)

One pierced disc with opposed sculpture of two human figures each carrying sprays.

One ring with decoration in enamel.

Pottery group in three sections representing camel train on silk road.

One unglazed brown ceramic hu vessel. Globular body tapers towards a flat base and extends into a long neck flaring slightly at the top. Two animal heads moulded in shallow relief on opposing sides of vessel. Animal heads feature prominent nose…

One green glazed hill jar.

Two childrens toys, painted soapstone, both painted in red, black and white. A: Seated monkey with clasped hands. B: Squatting monkey, with hands to mouth.

One Mandarin hat. First rank. Dark brown silk, with pinky-red coral button on ornamental gilt base, and bright red tassels.

Six rubbings of designs in stone.

One bronze daigou, with inlaid gold and silver.

One blue and red collar with 17 tongues and with imitation pearls attached to them. On the collar itself are two dragons in blue and white. These are decorated with gold leaf and gold braid and are on the red background. There is a clasp of jade,…

One caramel-brown jade gui. Name 文仲子 (Wen Zhongzi) in seal script carved beside two holes at top end.

Peasants tobacco pipe, with small bowl of brass and bamboo stem.

One ceramic vessel.

One female mandarin badge of embroidered silk in two parts, featuring phoenix, as attached to ceremonial robe.

Two mandarin badges.

Two embroidered Mandarin badges.

Panel of blue silk, with embroidered designs of flying cranes and phoenix.

One circular coin. Square central hole. Obverse presents four Chinese characters 弘治通寶 (hongzhi tongbao). From the Hongzhi era of the reign of Emperor Xiaozong (1487-1505 AD).