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Divan  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Muhammad Zuhuri
ظهوري, نور الدين محمد، ١٥٣٧-١٦١٦
Ẓuhūrī, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1537 or 1538-1616 or 1617
Material:  Lacquer.
Measurements:  H23 x W13.6 cm
Subjects:  Asya -- Türkiye
Asiya -- Türkiyə
آسيا -- تركيا
Ասիա -- Թուրքիա
Азия -- Турция
Ασία -- Τουρκία
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by R.C.Reid, Esq (D.D. Dickson bequest).

[Small boat and larger sailboat]  

Publication Date:  1915
Creator:  Ghose, Lalit Mohan
Technique:  Watercolour painting
Subjects:  Fishing
Fishing boats in India
Boats
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

[Large sailboat and smaller boat]  

Publication Date:  1915
Creator:  Ghose, Lalit Mohan
Technique:  Watercolour painting
Subjects:  Fishing
Fishing boats in India
Boats
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Sa-daik [Buddhist manuscript chest] and Kammavaca [Buddhist ordination manuscript]  

Publication Date:  [19th-20th century]
Material:  Wood and Lacquer
Measurements:  L65 x W20 x D19cm.
Subjects:  Sa-daik
Sadaik
Manuscript box
Kammavaca
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift from Sir Evan Miller.

Procession of Korean Ambassadors [segmented]  

Creator:  Kanō Tōun Masunobu, 1625-1694
Measurements:  33.3 x 1246 cm.
Technique:  Handscroll, ink, colour and gold on paper
Subjects:  Processions
Ambassadors
Parades
대사
행렬
퍼레이드
大使
行進
パレード
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Covered fishing boat on lake]  

Publication Date:  1914
Creator:  Ghose, Lalit Mohan
Technique:  Charcoal drawing
Subjects:  Fishing
Fishing boats in India
Boats
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Silver Bowl  

Publication Date:  [late 19th century]
Measurements:  H15 x D21.3 cm
Subjects:  Silver bowls
Bowls (Tableware)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Britain-Burma Society (gift from Mrs Dawn Aubrey).

Fan presented by Henry Puyi, the last Emperor of China, to his tutor Sir Reginald Johnston (MS 381195)  

Publication Date:  c1930 = 大约1930年
Creator:  Puyi, 1906-1967
溥仪, 1906-1967
溥儀,‏ ‎1906-1967‏
Puyi, Henry.
Format:  1 hand fan = 1 扇子 : 29 x 45 cm (opened)
Material:  Paper, Wood
Measurements:  29 x 45
Subjects:  Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
大维德中国艺术基金会
Poetry
行行重行行
Bu Chu Chen Dong Men
步出城東門
Chinese Poetry
中国古典诗歌
诗
Chinese (language)
Chinese (cultural identity)
中国语言
中国文化认同
Xing Xing Chong Xing Xing
Sparsholt, Elisabeth, Mrs.
Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir, 1874-1938
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Sparsholt, Elisabeth, Mrs.

Chinese small red slippers (second pair) from the Gladys Aylward collection  

Publication Date:  1936
Subjects:  Aylward, Gladys, 1902-1970
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 山西盛 -- 阳晨
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 山西盛 -- 陽晨
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by the Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre, 1973

Untitled  

Publication Date:  1933
Creator:  Billy Buyisile Mandini
Material:  Acrylic on canvas
Measurements:  H150 x W193 cm
Subjects:  Afrika -- Suid-Afrika
Afrika -- Zuid-Afrika
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On loan from Prof. Colin Bundy.

佐州 善智鳥神事 盆踊 圖  

Publication Date:  [明治時代 = Meiji Era]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Technique:  Watercolour painting
Subjects:  Dance
Dancers
Folk dancing
Ullambana
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies
Shinto -- Rituals
うとうじんじゃ
Utō shrine
盆踊
神道の儀式
神道 -- 儀式
Obon
Bon
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Tatsuyuki TAKANO (高野辰之, 1876-1947

Hook-swinging festival (Chadak parvan) : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Publication Date:  1830
Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  Festivals
एशिया -- भारत -- तमिलनाडु
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- தமிழ்நாடு
Hook-swinging festival
Chadak parvan
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Formerly owned by Rev. William Thompson (1811-1889). On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Sculpture of a standing Buddha [state 1]  

Publication Date:  19th to early 20th century
Material:  Alabaster, partially gilded
Measurements:  H65 x W20 cm
Subjects:  Buddha
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On loan from the Cuming Museum.

耕田景全圖  

Publication Date:  [19??]
Format:  [22] p. : colour illustrations ; 21 cm.
Subjects:  Rice -- China
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Bridegroom : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  Horses
एशिया -- भारत -- तमिलनाडु
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- தமிழ்நாடு
Grooms
மணமகன்
पुरूष
குதிரைகள்
घोड़े
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Formerly owned by Rev. William Thompson (1811-1889). On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

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