Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works shown in the exhibition Beyond Words: Calligraphic Traditions of Asia (111) works on display (4) works with images (98) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z 1 2 Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number China Official seal 18th century 129.1990 China Censer decorated with lotus scroll 19th century 6956.40 China Brush for painting and calligraphy 20th century 160.2012 China Brush for painting and calligraphy 20th century 161.2012 China Bamboo brush pot decorated with three human figures in front of a pavilion in high relief 18th century-19th century 147.2012 China Bamboo wrist-rest carved with texts in regular script February 1816 151.2012 China Brush for painting and calligraphy 20th century 156.2012 China Dish 1862-1874 217.1983 China Brush pot late 18th century-mid 19th century 344.1977 On display – Naala Nura, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Guan ware Brush washer in the shape of a plum blossom 60.1998 Gujarat, India The fourteen auspicious dreams of Queen Trishala early 16th century EP2.1969 Shirazeh Houshiary Unknowing 2002 278.2002 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Nawab Sikandar Jah of Hyderabad circa 1780-1800 20.2010 Iran Kings conversing with four columns of text written in nasta'liq script. Folio from Shahnameh ( Book of kings) 16th century-17th century 17.2010 Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia Cloth with Islamic calligraphy early 20th century 241.2008 Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia Cloth with Islamic calligraphy and flower pattern early 20th century 242.2008 Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia Coffin cover with stylised Islamic calligraphy mid 20th century 294.2007 Japan Writing box (suzuribako) mid 19th century 349.2005.a-e Japan 'Suzuribako' (writing case) 18th century-19th century 257.2004 Japan Unlined kosode ('hitoe') with design of mandarin ducks in snow covered landscape with plum trees, pines and reeds on yellow-green plain weave ramie ('asa') 19th century 241.2014 Japan Kosode (small-sleeve kimono) with design of blossoming trees and scattered poem on white figured silk satin ('rinzu') 1750-1850 242.2014 Java, Indonesia Cloth with Islamic calligraphy 20th century 22.2008 Java, Indonesia Cloth with Islamic calligraphy (kain kaligrafi) and three central medallions early 20th century 137.2020 Jingdezhen ware Quatrefoil dish 138.2003 Jingdezhen ware Tea bowl 1796-1820 116.1999 Jingdezhen ware Tea bowl 1796-1820 337.2001 Jingdezhen ware Brush rest moulded in the form of three dragons 300.1988 Jingdezhen ware Brush washer 1662-1722 303.1988 On display – Naala Nura, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Jingdezhen ware Dish with design of He Xiangu 1621-1627 EC9.1966 On display – Naala Nura, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Jiun Sonja Calligraphy 18th century-19th century 249.1998 Jiun SonjaYusho Zakkean Kanzan and Jittoku 354.2006 Katsukawa Shun'ei Portrait of a beautiful woman (Bijin) 1790s 339.1985 Kōno Bairei Trip to Lake Biwa 1873 586.1987 Korea Water dropper moulded in the shape of a fish 19th century 341.1993 Korea Square water dropper with sketchily drawn landscape scenes 19th century 342.1993 Korea Water dropper of circular shape with central hole 19th century 343.1993 Korea Water dropper in the form of a peach 19th century 344.1993 Kubo Shunman Courtesan standing beneath a tree circa 1800 39.1980 Lindy Lee Zip zero zilch 1995 502.2009.a-y On display – Sculpture gallery Lindy Lee Cosmos - a life of fire 2014 25.2015.a-oooo Liang Airu Couplet 294.2003.a-b Brice Marden 1 1986 442.2003.1 Brice Marden 2 1986 442.2003.2 Brice Marden 3 1986 442.2003.3 Brice Marden 4 1986 442.2003.4 Brice Marden 5 1986 442.2003.5 Brice Marden 6 1986 442.2003.6 Brice Marden 7 1986 442.2003.7 Brice Marden 8 1986 442.2003.8 Brice Marden 9 1986 442.2003.9 Brice Marden 10 1986 442.2003.10 Brice Marden 11 1986 442.2003.11 Brice Marden 12 1986 442.2003.12 Brice Marden 13 1986 442.2003.13 Brice Marden 14 1986 442.2003.14 Brice Marden 15 1986 442.2003.15 Brice Marden 16 1986 442.2003.16 Brice Marden 17 1986 442.2003.17 Brice Marden 18 1986 442.2003.18 Brice Marden 19 1986 442.2003.19 1 2