Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery
Explore key developments in the history and culture of China, from the arts and crafts of the Song Dynasty up to the present day.
Greenware leaf-shaped dish in the style of Guan ware (EA1956.3957)
Greenware brush washer in the form of a peach and leaf (EAX.1415)
Jade finial with dragon and lotus (EA1957.128)
Jade finial with deer, birds, and trees (EA1957.129)
Lacquered box with figures in a landscape (EA1965.168)
Lacquered box with chrysanthemums (EA1965.192)
Lacquered disc with river scene (EA1967.149)
Turquoise box with floral design (EAX.5512)
Dehua ware box with landscape (EA1978.2081)
Lacquer box with scroll and floral decoration (EA1970.212)
Box with phoenix and emblems of eight Taoist Immortals (EAX.1321)
Tortoiseshell box with figures in a garden (EAX.1143)
Ivory ball and stand with floral decoration (EAX.5279)
Ivory card case with figures and buildings (EA1956.1981)
Ivory puzzle box with figures in a garden (EA1956.1706)
Ivory box with figure holding a fan (EA1978.966)
Ivory plaque with figures in a pastoral landscape (EA1978.965)
Copper tray with figures under a tree (EA1978.1813)
Copper tray with figures by a river (EA1978.1814)
Porcelain box with a cricket (EA2003.62)
Cricket cage with silk bag (EA1981.25)
Cricket cage with ivory lid (EA1981.20)
Jade cricket cage or feeding box surmounted by two fighting crickets (EA1981.17)
Porcelain cricket cage with three roundels depicting figures (EA1981.15)
Cricket cage with silk bag (EA1981.24)
Gourd cricket cage with silk bag (EA1981.18)
Dehua ware cup with moulded leaf design (EA1968.208)
Glass snuff bottle with dragons (EAX.926)
Tortoiseshell fan handle (EA1957.225)
Jade hairpin with scroll decoration (EA1957.190)
Hair ornament with flowers and clouds (EA1964.203)
Hair ornament with two phoenixes amid flowers (EA1964.202)
Hairpin with birds and flowers (EA1964.201)
Buddhist rosary with beads in the form of monks (EA1962.164)
Necklace with agate brooch (EA1962.219)
Blue-and-white box with a boy on a hill (EA1978.1992)
Blue-and-white ink box with man riding a horse (EA1978.851)
Blue-and-white box with figures in a garden (EA1978.2090)
Porcelain spoon depicting Shou Lao, the god of longevity (EA1978.1292)
Mother-of-pearl snuff bottle (EAX.674)
Lapis lazuli snuff bottle (EAX.671)
Crystal snuff bottle (EAX.961)
Porcelain snuff bottle in the form of a baicai cabbage (EAX.886)
Glass snuff bottle with lotus flowers (EAX.731)
Quartz snuff bottle (EAX.705)
Red glass snuff bottle (EAX.782)
Glass snuff bottle (EAX.799)
Glass snuff bottle with gold design (EAX.969)
Finial from the hat of a mandarin (EA1967.18.a)
Mandarin hat finial used to indicate the wearer's rank (EA1967.18.b)
Mandarin hat finial used to indicate the wearer's rank (EA1967.18.c)
Mandarin hat finial used to indicate the wearer's rank (EA1967.18.d)
Mandarin hat finial used to indicate the wearer's rank (EA1967.18.e)
Mandarin hat finial used to indicate the wearer's rank (EA1967.18.f)
Silk and velvet hat used for official occasions (EA1985.55)
Ivory fan with figures and animals (EA1956.1980)
Silver gilt hair ornament with birds (EA1956.3910)
Silver gilt hair ornament with birds (EA1956.3911)
Hairpin with floral shapes (EA1956.3912)
Costume
The Costume of China: Illustrated by Sixty Engravings in English and French (EA2003.4.a)
Man's formal robe with clouds and dragons (EA1975.29)
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