Collection Highlights: Eastern Art
Eastern Art
Bowl
Fritware pottery, with underglaze painting, 32.4 cm diameter. Iran (probably Kashan), late 13th century.
Bronze ritual vessel or gui
On a square pedestal base, 22.7 cm high, Western Zhou period (c.1050–771 BC), from north China.
Burial urn
Chinese, coil-made red earthenware with red and black slip painted decoration, 48.3 cm high, c.3000 BC.
Dish
Islamic, Fritware pottery, with underglaze painting in blue and black, 27.5 cm diameter. Syria (Raqqa), c.1200 AD.
Hawk on a Perch
Japan, c.1890. Carved, hammered and engraved shibuichi, inlaid with shakudo, gold and silver. By Jomi Sei. H. 65cm. Purchased with the aid of the National Art Collections Fund and the Story Fund.
Horse
Chinese, earthenware cast from a mould with traces of slip colour, 35.7 cm high, 1st half of the 8th century AD.
Islamic bowl
Earthenware with blue painting on a white glaze, 12.5 cm diameter, Iraq (probably Basra), 9th century.
Jug and dish
Turkey (Iznik), Fritware pottery, with underglaze painting. Jug 25 cm high, dish 28.8 cm diameter, about 1530–50.
Lovers at Dawn (Raga Vibhasa)
Indian, gouache with silver and gold on paper, 19.7 x 15cm, northern Deccan, c.1675.
Waterfall vase
Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845–1927): Waterfall vase, 1910–15, 14.9 cm high, Cloisonné enamel with silver wire, on copper.
Wood figure of the Bodhisattva Guanyin
Chinese, with polychrome decoration and gilding, 93 cm high, from north China, Northern Song dynasty, 10th – 11th century AD.