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The Prints and Drawings Students' Room, a photograph
In 1914 the Department of Prints and Drawings moved from the…
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The Royal Opening of King Edward VII's Galleries, various photographs
In 1907 King Edward VII laid the foundation stone to a large…
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The sixth Reading Room of The British Museum, an engraving
The British Museum held library collections from 1753 until …
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The Townley Discobolos, a drawing by an unknown artist
The Discobolos ('discus-thrower'), is a marble copy of a los…
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Ticket of admission to the gardens of Montagu House
The Trustees of the British Museum bought Montagu House in 1…
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Title deed of the 'perimeter properties' of The British Museum
By the last years of the nineteenth century, The British Mus…
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Tom and Bob in search of the Antique, an anonymous cartoon
In the early nineteenth century, two important collections o…
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Visitors on the Colonnade of The British Museum, an engraving
The Great Exhibition of 1851, centred on Crystal Palace in L…
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W.H. Worthington, Bust of Charles Townley, an engraving for The Gentleman's Magazine
Charles Townley (1737-1805) was born into a wealthy Catholic…
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William Alexander, Installing the Bust of Ramesses II in the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery, a drawing
The colossal stone bust of the Egyptian king Ramesses II wei…
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William Lake Price, The Reading Room under construction, a photograph
In 1854, work began on the construction of a new domed Readi…
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William Lake Price, The Reading Room under construction, a photograph
Sir Robert Smirke (1781-1867) designed The British Museum bu…
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William Sievier, British Museum Porter, at the gate of Montagu House, a lithograph
The gate of Montagu House was in fact a doorway opening off …
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A Battle between the Minamoto and Taira Clans, a 6-fold screen painting on paper
This screen depicts several crucial episodes in the war that…
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A Christian figure, ink and colours on silk (fragment)
Christianity reached ninth-century China in the form of Nest…
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A Rajput king worshipping Krishna, a painting on paper
In this painting the ruler of the Rajput state of Mewar is s…
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Agate belt set
This agate belt set consists of one tail piece and eight squ…
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Aiseki, Hermitage by the Shaxi River, a hanging scroll painting
Aiseki (worked late eighteenth century) probably studied pai…
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Angaja (Ingada), a hanging scroll painting
The sixteen arhats (Japanese: rakan ) were disciples of Shak…
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Archaistic jade gui (ritual sceptre)
A gui , a rectangular tablet with a pointed end, was an embl…
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Archaistic jade ring
Archaism (Chinese: fang-gu ) is an important aspect of Chine…
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Arita ware porcelain dish
This dish was commissioned by the United Dutch East India Co…
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Arita ware tankard
This tankard, with its sophisticated design of butterlfy and…
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Articulated model carp
The carp was a favourite fish of Japanese artists and crafts…
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Articulated model crayfish, by Muneaki
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, many makers of iron hel…
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Articulated model dragon, signed by Myochin Kiyoharu
This iron model dragon is one of several models made by the …
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Avalokiteshvara, a colour woodblock print
This print was found in Cave 17 at Mogao together with many …
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Avalokiteshvara, a hanging scroll painting
Many Buddhist works of art were produced during the Koryo pe…
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Avalokiteshvara as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on silk
The figure of the Buddha Amitabha in the headdress clearly i…
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Avalokiteshvara as Saviour from Perils, ink and colours on silk
Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, is show in…
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Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on a hemp cloth banner
Hemp, coarser than silk, was cheaper and it is thus likely t…
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Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on a paper banner
This is one of many examples from Mogao of a temple flag or …
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Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on silk
The central figure of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of …
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Azuma Toyo, Plum tree, a 4-fold screen painting
Light washes of ink form the trunk and branches of the plum …
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Battles of Ichinotani and Yashima, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings
This pair of six-fold screens shows scenes from the two fina…
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Belt hook
This arched belt hook is made from silvered and gilt bronze …
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Benzaiten, a hanging scroll painting
The Buddhist deity Benzaiten (Sanskrit: Sarasvati), is depic…
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Bhairavi Ragini from the Manley Ragamala, an album painting in gouache on paper
Painting, music and poetry came together in the courts of no…
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Bimaran Reliquary
The frieze on this reliquary bears one of the earliest depic…
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Black lacquer writing-box
This writing-box is in the decorative tradition of Hon'ami K…
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Blue-and-white brushrest
Emperor Zhengde was still a child when he ascended the thron…
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Blue-and-white porcelain fish dish
Porcelain decorated with underglaze blue (commonly known as …
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Blue-and-white porcelain jug
Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (commonly known as…
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Bodhidharma (Daruma), a hanging scroll painting
Bodhidharma (died around AD 532), known as Daruma in Japanes…
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Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on a silk banner
The painting is inscribed with the characters yinlu pu or 'B…
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Bodhisattva mask for Gyodo
Gyōdō was a ceremony derived originally from China…
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Bodhisattva with a glass beaker, ink and colours on a silk banner
The figure of a bodhisattva is painted on a narrow piece o…
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Bodhisattva with a glass bowl, ink and colours on a silk banner
This is one of the most beautifully executed banners from Mo…
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Bodhisattva with censer, ink and colours on a silk banner
This is the painted area of a banner, which has now lost its…
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Box with equipment for an incense game
Like the Tea Ceremony and flower arrangement, the enjoyment …
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Brass Tantric yantra
The Tantric versions of Indian religions often use a particu…
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Brick with Sanskrit inscription
Markham Kittoe (1808-1853) found this brick in a field in th…
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Bronze 4-armed male figure standing under a tree
Collected by Sir Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) during his pos…
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Bronze bell from a Buddhist temple
Temple bells were used to announce the time of events during…
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Bronze bell from a Shinto shrine
The bell is inscribed with the name of the Hakujo Daimyō…
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Bronze bell with bull finial
Worship at a Hindu temple involves various ritual actions in…
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Bronze belt buckle in the shape of a horse
With the advent of the Iron Age in Korea (around 300 BC), br…
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Bronze belt hook
From an early date Chinese men used girdles to hold up their…
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Bronze bull head
This bull's head and a dragon-like head (now at the Freer Ga…
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Bronze ding (ritual food vessel)
Bronze vessels were first cast in China during the Shang dyn…
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Bronze dui inlaid with gold and silver
Bronze vessels of the Eastern Zhou period (770-221 BC) diffe…
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Bronze figure of a Bon deity, perhaps ghsa-lha'od-dkar
The Bon religion is descended from the ancient beliefs of Ti…
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Bronze figure of a tirthankara
The Indian faith of Jainism arose at approximately the same …
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Bronze figure of Buddha Vairocana
Buddhism reached Indonesia by about the fifth century AD, wh…
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Bronze figure of Maitreya
Central Asia has played a key role in the transmission of id…
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Bronze figure of Milarepa
Tibetan art includes the representation of many lamas , teac…
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Bronze figure of Nataraja
The Hindu god Shiva appears as the lord of the dance, Natar…
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Bronze figure of the Buddha Amitabha
Buddhism was introduced to Korea through China, during the T…
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