Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works originating in China (1,439) works on display (52) works with images (1,128) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Ah Xian Human, Human-Jade Inlay Bust 1 2002-2003 465.2014 On display – Library, archive and children's art library Bencharong ware Covered jar decorated with one 'thepanom', one 'norasingha', two cartouches, each separated by flame patterns 1767-1809 449.1987 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Guardian figure 1368-1644 1309 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Snuff bottle late 18th century-early 19th century 2088 On display – North Building lower level 2 China Dish with design of Qilin early 16th century-mid 16th century EC2.1969 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Altar vessel 'zun' 1735-1795 EC3.1969 On display – North Building lower level 1 China Altar vessel 'dou' EC5.1967.a-b On display – Lower Asian gallery China Brush pot late 18th century-mid 19th century 344.1977 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Bird cage EV3.1961 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Vase 6956.5 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Alms bowl 0618-0907 EC61.1962 On display – North Building lower level 1 China Bottle-shaped vase 19th century-20th century 6956.51 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Bowl decorated with peonies 19th century 6956.55 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Figure of Guanyin 7314 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion 12th century-13th century 138.1982 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Monteith circa 1710-1720 251.1984 On display – Grand Courts China Kendi decorated with panels of floral designs late 16th century-17th century 18.1998 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Cong ritual jade 1900 BCE-1600 BCE 331.1993 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion 19th century 9952.29 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Seated Buddha calling the Earth to witness (bhumisparsha mudra) 18th century 479.1996 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Maitreya, Buddha of the future 14th century 566.1996 On display – Upper Asian gallery China 'Luohan' late 12th century-13th century 110.2003 On display – Upper Asian gallery China Grey Taihu rock 338.2003 On display – Upper Asian gallery China White Taihu rock 339.2003 On display – Entrance Pavilion China Bamboo brush pot decorated with landscape in low relief 19th century-20th century 146.2012 On display – Lower Asian gallery China Man's bamboo undergarment 19th century 316.2009 On display – Lower Asian gallery Dingzhou ?, Hebei Province, China Standing Buddha 581 CE-618 CE 432.1997 On display – Upper Asian gallery Ian Fairweather Fish traps, Peking 1935 225.1982 On display – 20th-century galleries (ground floor) Guangdong Province, China Model of a house [with a dog inside the house] early 1st century 132.2002 On display – North Building lower level 2 Guangdong Province, China Model of a house [with two kneeling figures inside the house] early 1st century 133.2002 On display – North Building lower level 2 Henan Province, China Architectural tower: tomb model 1st century-2nd century 308.1992.a-e On display – Lower Asian gallery Jingdezhen ware with design of dragon, clouds and waves 1736-1795 EC1.1964 On display – Lower Asian gallery Jingdezhen ware Brush washer 1662-1722 303.1988 On display – Lower Asian gallery Jingdezhen ware Dish with design of He Xiangu 1621-1627 EC9.1966 On display – Lower Asian gallery Jingdezhen ware Abode of the Immortals; Isles of the Blest censer 13th century 250.1990.a-b On display – Lower Asian gallery Jingdezhen ware Dish decorated with the eighteen 'luohan' mid 19th century 174.2003.1 On display – Upper Asian gallery Jingdezhen ware Lotus pond bowl 14th century 106.1999 On display – North Building lower level 1 Jingdezhen ware Large dish with lion motif circa 1610-1630 60.1992 On display – Grand Courts Jun ware Dish 0960-1279 189.1988 On display – Lower Asian gallery Kraak ware Kendi circa 1600-1610 208.1983 On display – Lower Asian gallery Liu Yulian People's army forever keeps forward 1972 459.1996 On display – Upper Asian gallery Lu Yang The Great Adventure of Material World - Game Film 2020 170.2021 On display – Lower Asian gallery Shen Jiawei Standing guard for our great motherland 1975 460.1996 On display – Upper Asian gallery Unknown Scene from the opera of Yellow Crane Pavilion ('Huanghe lou') early 20th century 333.2006 On display – North Building lower level 2 Unknown Scene from the opera 'Battle at Beiyuan' ('Zhan Beiyuan') early 20th century 334.2006 On display – North Building lower level 2 Unknown Scene from the opera 'Dongping Prefecture' ('Dongping fu') early 20th century 335.2006 On display – North Building lower level 2 Unknown Scene from the opera 'Joyful Grove' ('Kuaihuo lin') early 20th century 336.2006 On display – North Building lower level 2 Unknown Scene from the opera 'The Bala Temple' (Bala miao') early 20th century 337.2006 On display – North Building lower level 2 Wang Xu The red phoenix 6888 On display – Lower Asian gallery Wu Hufan Landscape 1938 57.1984 On display – Lower Asian gallery Wu Li River and sky shrouded in the mist of sunset rain 1671 235.1998 On display – Lower Asian gallery Xiao Lu 15 Gunshots...From 1989 to 2003 2003, 2018, printed later 188.2019.a-o On display – 20th-century galleries (lower level 1)