Oriental Collection (page 18)

Orientalising Vase with Harpy, Sphinx and Lion, c6th century BC

A Palace Complex with Harem Gardens, ca 1764-1765. Artist: Indian Art
A Palace Complex with Harem Gardens, ca 1764-1765. Found in the collection of the The David Collection

The Water-Pipe Smoker, 1903. Artist: Tornai, Gyula (1861-1928)
The Water-Pipe Smoker, 1903. From a private collection

Chinese bronze harness plaque of a tiger and gryphon, 2nd century BC
Chinese bronze harness plaque of a tiger and gryphon in Ordos style, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Han Dynasty Chinese bronze horse
Han dynasty Chinese bronze horse, From the British Musems collection

Chinese bronze elk finial from a harness, Inner Mongolia, China, 5th century BC
Bronze elk finial from a harness in the Ordos style, from Inner Mongolia, China, Han Period, 6th-5th Century BC. From the British Museums collection

View of Bakhchisaray, ca 1845. Artist: 19244, James (active Mid of 19th cen. )
View of Bakhchisaray, ca 1845. From a private collection

A Turkish Lady Going with her Slave to the Bath, ca 1760. Artist: Smith, Francis (active 1763-1780)
A Turkish Lady Going with her Slave to the Bath, ca 1760. From a private collection

Design for the embroidered court robe of a Chinese Emperor, 19th century
Design for the embroidered court robe of a Chinese Emperor, from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 19th century

Detail from Chinese Emperors court robe, 19th century
Detail from the front of a Chinese Emperors court robe of embroidered yellow silk, from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 19th century

Chinese statuette of the god Kuan-ti, 17th century
Chinese statuette of Kuan-ti, a god of war, from the period of Kangxi. From the Victoria and Albert Museums collection, 17th century

Chinese dish showing a divination scene, 17th century
Chinese dish showing sages with the ying-yang symbol, used for divination, 17th century

Chinese porcelain dish with a design of dragons and phoenixes, 17th century BC
Chinese porcelain dish with a design of dragons and phoenixes, in underglaze blue and enamels. It bears the mark and reign of Kangxi. Now in the Victoria and Alber Museum, 17th century BC

Chinese bronze lid of a wine-vessel, 11th century BC. h
Early Chou dynasty Chinese bronze lid of a wine-vessel, showing the mask, 11th century BC

Chinese bronze axe-head, 11th century BC
Early Chou dynasty Chinese bronze axe-head from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 11th century BC

Chinese bronze wine-vessel, 11th century BC
Early Chou dynasty Chinese bronze wine-vessel showing the mask. from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 11th century BC

Chinese bronze spade money, 5th century BC

Chinese bronze libation vessel, 12th century BC
Shang dynasty Chinese bronze Chueh libation vessel, from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 12th century BC

Earthenware Chinese figure of a tomb attendant, 7th century
T ang Dynasty earthenware figure of a tomb attendant, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 7th century

Detail of Chinese silk found in a Scythian tomb
Detail of Chinese silk found in the tomb of a Scythian chief at Pazyryk, Altai, Russia. This is the earliest known Chinese silk surviving in good condition

Chinese bronze money, 1st century

Japanese Netsuke of a Chinese dancer and child, 18th century. Artist: Masahira
Japanese Netsuke of a Chinese dancer and child, 18th century

Detail of a Chinese embroidered silk tussore with a phoenix from a Scythian tomb
Detail of a Chinese embroidered silk tussore with a phoenix, the earliest known example of chinese silk surviving in good condition

Chinese sculpture of a girl playing a stringed instrument from the Eastern Museum in Berlin

Gold embossed costume-fitting, from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5thC BC-4thC BC. Showing the head of the Egyptian dwarf-god Bes. From the British Museums collection

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin, from the Oxus treasure, 5th-4th century BC
Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin, from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. The Oxus treasure is the most important collection of silver

Lapis lazuli cylinder seal, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600 BC. This cylinder seal comes from the Queens Grave in the cemetery at Ur. The seal is engraved with a banquet scene

Carnelian cylinder seal of Mushezib-Ninurta, Neo-Assyrian, from northern Iraq, 9th century BC
Carnelian cylinder seal of Mushezib-Ninurta, Neo-Assyrian, from Sherif Khan (Tarbisu), northern Iraq, 9th century BC. The king, shown in mirror image

Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th century BC
Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan, 5th-4th century BC

Gilt-bronze figure of Shakyamuni from China, Ming dynasty, early 15th century
A Ming Dynasty gilt-bronze seated figure of Shakyamuni Buddha seated on a lotus throne, from the British Museums collection

Netsuke carved in the form of a tiger, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac
Netsuke carved in the form of a rat, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac. A netsuke is a fastening for attaching a pouch for carrying personal items (inro) to the sash of a kimono

Netsuke carved in the form of a rat, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac. A netsuke is a fastening for attaching a pouch for carrying personal items (inro) to the sash of a kimono

Carpenters, Japanese, c1860. Ivory carving of three carpenters and their tools

Children at play, Japanese painting, 18th century. A group of five children seated around a mat playing, reading and writing. From the British Museum, London

A seated dignitary, Japanese painting. Painting of a man seated in the lotus position. From the Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, Greece

Printmakers, Japanese
Print-makers, Japanese. Japanese print depicting printmakers at work. From the Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, Greece

Dice painter, Japanese, c1860. Bone carving

Figure of a Samurai warrior, Japanese. From the Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, Greece

Figure of Aizen Myo-o, a Buddhist adibuddha, Japanese. Aizen is one of the five Myo-o (Sanskrit: Vidyarajas), Kings of Light

Head of a Haniwa tomb figure, Japanese, Kofun period, 6th century

Alexander the Great holding court in China, 4th century BC. Illustration after a Persian manuscript made in the Middle Ages or later

Alexander the Great talking to wise men and scholars, 4th century BC. Illustration after a Persian manuscript made in the Middle Ages or later

Battle between Alexander and the Persian king Darius III, 4th century BC
Battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III, 4th century BC. Illustration after a Persian manuscript made in the Middle Ages or later

Three sages of T ai Chi, Chinese, 17th or 18th century. The three sages are depicted surrounded by symbols of long life and immortality (tree, deer, peach). In the centre is the Yin-Yan symbol

Medal of John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine, c1440. Artist: Pisanello
Medal of John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine, c1440. The Byzantine emperor John VIII (1390-1448), with a beard and wearing a tall hat with a peaked brim

Two Chinese scenes, c1830. The top image shows two itinerant traders, one holding the hand of a child with a windmill toy. The lower picture is of three men planting rice in a paddy field

Workers cultivating rice in a paddy field, 19th century

Gold plaques from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC. Man wearing Median costume; he has an akinakes (short sword)

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