Tag Archives: Oxford

Object Spotlight: Japanese gunpowder flask with figures in Portuguese dress

Posted on November 9, 2017 by clarep

                    This lacquered wood gunpowder flask (kayaku-ire) was produced in Japan. It is artistic in form but with an important practical use. The flask gives a useful insight into a fascinating … Continue reading →

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Persian and Indian Playing Cards

Posted on November 2, 2017 by francescal

Card games are amongst the most popular games in the world. Tracing the history of playing cards however is difficult, due to their perishable nature and ephemeral quality. It is believed that playing cards originated in China, later spreading westward … Continue reading →

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Collecting the Past: Scholars’ Taste in Chinese Art

Posted on August 1, 2017 by yanl

Exhibition dates: 21 Mar to 22 Oct 2017 Gallery 11 | Admission Free Collecting the Past, Scholars’ taste in Chinese Art, on view at the Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Gallery 11, March 21st through October 22nd, 2017, explores … Continue reading →

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Collecting the Past: Scholars’ Taste in Chinese Art – part II

Posted on July 31, 2017 by yanl

Exhibition dates: 21 Mar to 22 Oct 2017 Gallery 11 | Admission Free Collecting the Past, Scholars’ taste in Chinese Art, on view at the Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Gallery 11, March 21st through October 22nd, 2017, explores … Continue reading →

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The Emily Georgiana Kemp Collection

Posted on July 18, 2017 by aimeep

Every intelligent person that I have met whose good fairy has led him to the Celestial Empire has fallen under the spell of that marvellous people and marvellous land. I am fired with the ambition to cast that spell even on those who … Continue reading →

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