Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works originating in China created 1940 or earlier (966) works on display (31) works with images (926) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Cizhou ware Bowl 205.2006 Cizhou ware Censer 206.2006 Cizhou ware Bowl 1279-1368 88.1979 Cizhou ware Small bowl circa 13th century-14th century 279.1975 Cizhou ware Jar 1368-1644 87.1976 Cizhou ware Jar late 13th century-14th century EC3.1965 Cizhou ware Figure of seated boy 0960-1279 EC67.1962 Cizhou ware Figure of a seated man 0960-1279 EC68.1962 Cizhou ware Lion shaped water dropper 0960-1279 EC69.1962 Dai Xi Landscape after the brush method of Juran 1856 203.2009 On display – Naala Nura, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Image not available Dai Xi Four leaves from a landscape album 384.2011.a-d Dehua, Fujian Province, China Guanyin with two attendants 7315 Dehua ware Small vase with slip decoration of sprays of leaves 14th century 227.1998 Dehua ware Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion seated on a lotus late 17th century-early 18th century 9952.21 Dehua ware Guanyin with a vase and three scrolls 19th century 9953.18 Dehua ware Brush rest in the form of a dragon among rocks 1662-1722 352.1987 Dehua ware Box and cover 0960-1279 521.1988.a-b Dehua ware Censer of depressed globular form with lion mask handles circa 1650-1700 436.1987 Dehua ware Cup 18th century 217.1975 Dehua ware Circular box with domed cover 13th century 277.1981.a-b Dehua ware Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion late 17th century EC79.1962 Ding ware Dish with peony design 11th century-early 12th century 134.2000 Ding ware Dish early 12th century 581.1993 Ding ware Vase 10th century-11th century 82.1979 Dingzhou ?, Hebei Province, China Standing Buddha 581 CE-618 CE 432.1997 On display – Naala Nura, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries Image not available Dong Gao Chrysanthemums 8707 Duan Fang Ink rubbing taken from a Western Han dynasty (206-25 BCE) tile with an inscription 1909 187.2008 Duan Fang Calligraphy (Li Bai's poem in semi-cursive script) 1905 255.2003 Export ware Dish decorated with floral motifs circa 1500-1525 131.2003 Export wareKraak ware Deep bowl 1368-1644 9953.50 Export ware Stem cup with lotus leaf shaped panels late 17th century-early 18th century 9953.1 Export ware Stem cup with lotus leaf shaped panels late 17th century-early 18th century 9953.2 Export ware Saucer decorated with panels of flowers early 18th century 9953.27.b Export ware Saucer with central panel decorated with cricket and rocks surrounded by panels of flowers and pine tree 17th century 9953.27.d Export ware Cup decorated with panels of flowers early 18th century 9953.27.a Export ware Cup decorated with leaves and trees within arched panels 18th century 9953.27.c Export wareCanton ware Jug decorated with narrative scene, and with birds and flowers circa 1850 9953.40 Export ware Mug with scene of lake and pagodas late 18th century 9953.20 Export ware Mug with metal handle late 18th century 7399 Export ware Plate decorated with a castle and landscape circa 1790s 290.2002 Export ware Kitchen Qing dish with landscape design 19th century 291.2002 Export ware (Southeast Asia market) Celadon bowl with carved floral design 13th century-14th century 154.2003 Export ware (Southeast Asia market) Bowl with design of ducks and lotus 16th century 38.1981 Export ware (Thai market) Covered bowl with horizontal lines with freize of red peonies and green leaves 16th century 66.1984.a-b Fahua ware Double gourd shaped vase late 18th century 6956.41 Fahua ware Gourd-shaped bottle with design of butterflies 1522-1566 25.1998 Ian Fairweather Fish traps, Peking 1935 225.1982 On display – Naala Nura, ground level, 20th-century galleries Fang Cong Landscape of four seasons 267.2003.a-d Fang Shishu (The autumn mountain at sunset) 1735 120.1999 Fan Ji Returning boat 1851 142.2022 Feng Baili Couplet 1827, 1887 297.2003.a-b Feng Chengxiu Couplet 275.2003.a-b Feng Minchang Couplet 276.2003.a-b Fujian kilnsGuangdong kilns Shallow bowl with a stacking ring in the cavetto and block-printed flower baskets and hand-painted flower scrolls 19th century 132.2011 Gansu Province, China Amphora with saddle-shaped mouth 14th century BCE-11th century BCE 319.2008 Gansu Province, China Brick decorated with seated Buddha 618 CE-907 CE 267.1975 Ge MingxiangYixing ware Vase 18th century-19th century EC4.1966 Ge ware Tripod vessel 13th century 584.1993 Guangdong Province, China Globular jar decorated with relief 'head and hand' motif late 18th century 195.1992 Guangdong Province, China Large Martaban jar 19th century 154.2004 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17