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Three tiles with four petalled flowers  

Publication Date:  [late 15th century]
Material:  Stone paste, moulded, overglaze painted in the cuerda seca technique with gold leaf
Measurements:  left to right: 16.0 (H) x 14.6 (W), 14.7 (H) x 18.5 (W), 16.8 (H) x 15.0 (W)
Subjects:  Islamic tiles
Tiles
بلاط (مادة بناء)
کاشی
البلاط الإسلامية
کاشی اسلامی
آسیا -- ایران -- سمرقند -- سمرقند
Osiyo -- O'zbekiston -- Samarqand -- Samarqand
Asya -- Özbekistan -- Semerkand -- Semerkand
Asiya -- Özbəkistan -- Səmərqənd -- Səmərqənd
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Portrait of David Livingstone  

Publication Date:  [1798-1844]
Material:  Gouache on paper
Measurements:  H16.3 x W12 cm
Subjects:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Afrika -- Botswana -- Kweneng distrik -- Kumakwane -- Kolobeng Mission
Aferika -- Botswana -- Kgaolo ya Kweneng -- Kumakwane -- Kolobeng
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

[Sunset on the lake]  

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

張裕釗充國頌  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  張裕釗, 1823-1894
Zhang, Yuzhao, 1823-1894
Format:  10 leaves : 34 cm.
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  34
Subjects:  Songs
Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Roman Catholic church, Pondicherry : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Publication Date:  1830
Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  தூய அமலோற்பவ அன்னை பேராலயம் (புதுச்சேரி)
Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Pondicherry, India)
अमलोद्भव कैथेड्रल (पांडिचेरी, भारत)
தேவாலயங்கள்
கதீட்ரலுக்குப்
चर्चों
कैथेड्रल
एशिया - भारत - पांडिचेरी - पांडिचेरी - अमलोद्भव कैथेड्रल
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- புதுச்சேரி -- புதுச்சேரி -- தூய அமலோற்பவ அன்னை பேராலயம்
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.

[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

[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

Bride and bridegroom : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  Brides
एशिया -- भारत -- तमिलनाडु
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- தமிழ்நாடு
Grooms
மணமகன்
पुरूष
மணமகள்
दुल्हन
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.

Chinese scissors 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

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 red and yellow slippers, with scissors, 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

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.

Massacre of Rev. John Williams.  

Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H21,5 x W31,5 cm
Technique:  Lithograph
Subjects:  Missionaries
Ni-Vanuatu (Melanesian people)
Christian martyrs
Williams, John, 1796-1839
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

دلائل الخيرات  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (d 1465); mystic
الجزولي، محمد بن سليمان، 807-870 هـ
Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, ?-1465
Material:  Watercolour and ink on paper
Subjects:  Islam -- Prayers and devotions -- Arabic -- Early works to 1800.
الإسلام - الصلاة والولاءات - العربية - يعمل في وقت مبكر إلى 1800.
Africa -- Najeriya
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by Sir H.E. Leslie Wilson, Governor of Bombay, through Sir Frederic Kenyon, 1927.

Chinese small red slippers (third pair), with scissors, 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

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