Ceramic: tile
description: One unglazed grey-brown earthenware tile. Obverse presents schematised kneeling human figure modelled in high relief.

Ceramic: tile
description: One unglazed light tan earthenware roof ridge tile surmounted by a stylised horse with an over-sized head. Incised details of horse's mane and saddle and incised wave patterns where horse's legs join base of tile.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: tile
description: One glazed earthenware ridge tile moulded in the form of a fish with an upraised body and tail. Ridge tile presents semi-circular cross-section. Body of fish is glazed purple-blue with tail and fins glazed in turquoise and yellow.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: tile
description: One glazed earthenware ridge tile moulded in the form of a caped and pantalooned figure standing legs astride in a defiant posture. Ridge tile presents semi-circular cross-section. Figure's clothing is glazed green whilst face and body are glazed in orange and yellow respectively.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: Vase
description: One tall circular glazed light grey ceramic vase with a narrow neck and flaring lip surmounting broad high shoulders that taper gradually to a slightly out-turned base. Vessel exterior body exhibits designs in dark grey colouration. Vase shoulders and lower two fifths of its body present bands of linear geometric patterns. Vase mid-section presents a serpentine botanical pattern.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed dark brown earthenware vessel. Globular body surmounted by a narrow cylindrical neck and out-turned rim and lips. Body exhibits transverse linear features.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed green-grey earthenware hu vessel. Globular body tapers towards a flat base and extends into a long neck flaring slightly at the top. Series of incised transverse lines around neck shoulder and waist. Shoulder patterns link two animal heads moulded in shallow relief on opposing sides of vessel. Animal heads feature prominent nose rings.
source: Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery

Ceramic: vessel
description: One circular glazed grey-green ceramic vase with a short narrow neck and out-turned lip surmounting broad high shoulders that taper gradually to a slightly out-flaring base. Upper shoulders of vase exterior exhibit a ruyi or fungus pattern with black and white linear embellishments. Mid-section of vase exterior presents a broad band of serpentine botanical decoration in white outline. Lower part of vase exterior presents a semi-geometric freize again with black and white linear embellishments.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One circular glazed red-brown ceramic vessel. Presents a wide mouth and short slightly out-turned neck surmounting high shoulders and a body that gradually tapers to a flat narrow base. Vessel exterior exhibits pattern of horizontal striations.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed olive-brown ceramic vessel in the form of a flattened globe. Vessel presents a slightly flaring lip and short narrow neck surmounting wide shoulders and a body that tapers to a flat narrow unglazed base. Glazed exterior exhibits crazing.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One small glazed Cizhou ware vessel in the form of a flattened globe with a short narrow neck flaring out at the top and supported by a shallow narrow base. Exterior presents serpentine pattern in dark brown glaze on a lighter grey-brown glazed ground.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One elongated circular glazed dark brown ceramic vase. Vessel presents narrow mouth over high shoulders and a body that gradually tapers to a short narrow slightly out-flaring base. Upper third of vase body presents moulded relief design of a ship and fishes.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One globular glazed red-brown Ding ware vessel in the form of a pomegranate with a moulded leaf attached and a hole at the top.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed plain white Xing ware ewer in the form of an elongated globe. Vessel is surmounted by a narrow neck and out-turned lip and gradually tapers to a shallow narrow base. One side of the ewer presents a slender handle joining the shoulder to the lower neck. On the opposing side is a short cylindrical spout.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One circular glazed white earthenware vessel lid. Obverse presents convex surface with upturned rim and moulded serpentine design on top as a handle.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One toroidal glazed white ceramic water dropper with a tiny aperture in the top a small lug spout on one side of its body and a shallow narrow base.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One Jun ware vessel in the form of an acutely flattened globe surmounted by a wide neck and flaring mouth and supported by three equidistantly-spaced legs moulded to its underside. Body of vessel is glazed blue and purple except for the interior base and exterior underside and legs which are glazed orange. Orange-glazed portion of vessel interior also exhibits a pattern of densely packed concentric ridges.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One circular qingbai ware ewer. Glazed blue-white with darker blue decorative patterning. Ewer body is short and wide tapering at the top to a narrow circular opening and at the bottom to a shallow base. Ewer body also embellished with moulded ribs and a broad quatrefoil spout. Ring-shaped moulded handle attached to upper shoulder of ewer body at four equidistantly placed points.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One globular glazed cream-white ceramic vessel with a short neck and wide mouth and a shallow narrow base. Glaze exhibits crazing. Vessel exterior presents four moulded relief designs spaced equidistantly around its circumference.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One globular glazed ceramic vase with a lid. Vase is surmounted by a short narrow neck over wide shoulders gradually tapering to a flat narrow base. Vase lid is a short cylinder glazed orange on its round face with a circumferential serpentine design in gold. Upper exterior face of lid presents complex botanical design on a five-lobed glazed white ground. Exterior body of vase presents orange and gold peony design with grey foliage on a finely crazed white ground.
contributor: Malcolm Tait

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed tan-brown earthenware vessel. Takes the form of an upper ovoid cup divided by four equidistantly spaced vertical ridges and a pedestal with a flared base. Each face of upper part of vessel exhibits moulded decoration comprising circular serpentine 'badge' surrounded by a keyhole pattern. Pedestal presents moulded plantain leaf pattern. Probably broken imitation of ancient bronze gu or zun.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed yellow-ochre earthenware bianhu flask in the form of a flattened globe or canteen with a short neck surmounted by a ring-shaped lip and a flaring pedestal base. Vessel presents two circular faces divided by a ridge running around its vertical circumference from mouth to base. One upper quadrant of the ridge sports a moulded looped grip; the remains of such are visible on the opposing upper quadrant. Each circular face presents moulded serpentine relief patterns within a border of moulded beads and floral motifs. One face presents two opposed avians; the other face a single avian bounded by flowering plants.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One globular glazed creamy white earthenware cup. Cup exhibits broad rim with out-turned lip and a ring handle on one side. Visible cracks suggest object has been shattered and pieced back together.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One small globular ceramic vessel with a short neck and wide mouth tapering to a shallow narrow base. Two small handles on opposing sides of the vessel join its shoulders and neck. Upper two thirds of vessel exterior glazed dark brown in style of Jian or Tianmu ware. Lower exterior third of vessel is unglazed.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One wheel-shaped glazed white earthenware bottle with a slender cylindrical neck and a shallow oval base. Each side of the bottle presents a moulded Yin-Yang symbol encircled by three ranks of moulded concentric arcs.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed blue-white qingbai ware vase with a short narrow neck over broad shoulders and a globular body tapering towards a flat narrow base.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed green-brown earthenware vessel. Vessel presents a globular fluted body surmounted by a short neck and narrow opening flaring into a broad fluted rim. Vessel rests on a short out-turned pedestal base.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed green and brown earthenware vessel. Exhibits wide opening at top with out-turned rim. Body narrows under rim and widens again toward base. Green glaze covers majority of object with brown glaze defining narrow band on rim and broader horizontal band around base. Vessel also features beaded pattern moulded in relief around the upper-middle of the jar.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One globular glazed olive green ceramic water dropper surmounted at the top by a short narrow fluted opening and tapering to a wide shallow unglazed base. A small moulded lug with an opening at the top is attached to one side of the vessel's upper middle body. Glazed exterior exhibits crazing.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One small circular glazed ceramic vase with high shoulders surmounted by a short neck and narrow opening. Beneath the shoulders the body of the vessel gradually tapers to a relatively broad base. On a plain white glazed ground vase exterior presents three bands of decorations in blue red green and yellow glaze. Underside of base exhibits mark of Wan Li Emperor (1573-1620).
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One small glazed green glazed ceramic vessel in the form of a flattened globe. Vessel is surmounted by a short neck and a wide-lipped mouth and rests on three short equidistantly-spaced feet.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One lavender glazed chicken coop water pot. Exhibits a short narrow neck and a slightly flaring glazed white lip and a broad flat base. Underside of base of vessel is glazed white and exhibits mark of Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722).
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One globular flambé glazed red vase with a long thin neck and narrow mouth. Glaze exhibits purple streaks particularly evident at the top of the neck.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One ceramic ink-paste container in the form of an oblate spheroid that opens into two halves. Lid and base interiors are glazed pale-green-white and their exteriors peach bloom glaze. The base of the container is slightly deeper than its lid and tapers to a shallow narrow base. Underside of base exhibits mark of Kangxi (1661-1722).
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One globular ribbed ceramic vase with a short narrow neck surmounting broad high shoulders that taper gradually to a narrow base. Upper three quarters of vase is glazed olive green and the remainder red-brown. Underside of base is unglazed.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One cylindrical glazed green celadon jar resting on three equidistantly-spaced short feet. Jar exterior presents broad band of decoration in the form of a moulded serpentine botanical pattern.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed blue and white ceramic vase with a short narrow neck surmounting a globular upper body and a cylindrical lower body flaring outwards slightly towards the base. Glaze exhibits dark blue crackle.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed dark brown earthenware vessel. Globular body surmounted by a narrow cylindrical neck and out-turned rim and lips. Central part of body exhibits broad band of densely impressed vertical dotted lines contained within transverse linear boundaries and divided by a single central transverse line. Neck and upper shoulder exhibit narrower band of incised transverse linear features.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed brown earthenware vessel. Upper two thirds of vessel present loosely painted geometric patterns in dark brown pigment. Two small curved handles extend from lip to shoulder on opposing sides.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed brown-beige earthenware vessel. Raised upper lip with v-shaped chip on one side. Upper half of body exhibits linear geometric pattern of zig-zags and diamonds. Small circular hole on one side near base.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed blue-grey earthenware vessel. Raised lip at top and impressed Chinese characters on upper half of body. Transverse ridge around upper middle.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed blue-grey earthenware vessel. Square base rises into an approximately cylindrical body surmounted by a globular head. Vessel divided vertically by narrow raised ridge. One side of the head presents a large hole. Vessel exhibits traces of red and ochre pigment.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed red-brown earthenware vessel. Globular shape with curved handle connecting waist and neck. Spout missing.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One circular glazed ceramic vase with a short narrow neck over broad shoulders and a long body tapering slightly towards the base. Vase exterior circumference presents design of fish and coral in blue and black glaze on a white-glazed ground. Underside of base of vase exhibits mark of Chenghua Emperor (1464-1487).

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed sancai ware ewer with an elongated globular body surmounted by long narrow neck and resting on a flared base. The shoulder of the ewer is joined to its neck by a semi-circular moulded handle arcing through the neck to terminate in the form of the head of a ram. Ewer body presents moulded designs in the form of botanical patterns and a horse and rider on one side. Dominant glaze colours are white ochre green and blue. Ewer neck and handle exhibit cracks and appear to have been repaired.

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed blue and white ceramic vase with a globular body thin neck and shallow base. Extending halfway around exterior of vase is a landscape design of rocks and trees with a seated fisherman to the left.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One glazed blue and white ceramic vase with a globular body surmounted by a long neck and flaring lip and a shallow slightly out-turned base. Extending halfway around exterior of vase is a design that shows two figures by water. The other side of the vase presents two birds flying.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One circular glazed Romanian ceramic ewer with a globular body tapering to a shallow narrow base and surmounted by a tall neck flaring outwards to a wide mouth. Vessel presents a large handle curving from the mid-neck to the mid-body. Ewer presents loosely executed decorations of floral and geometric designs in brown green and yellow.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One Yixing yellow-brown ceramic vessel with a short narrow neck sumounting wide shoulders themselves disposed over a three-lobed globular body. Each lobe exhibits a moulded animal head attached to its upper shoulder and tapers to a short stubby foot at the base. The upper shoulders of the vessel present two bands of incised decorations comprising a continuous keyhole pattern beneath which are a series of eighteen ruyi fungus pattern motifs or six per lobe. The vessel's mid-shoulders present three bands of incised decorations comprising a strip of hatched patterning bordered above and below by bands of spiral motifs.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One globular glazed sancai ware vase surmounted by a shallow neck over broad shoulders and tapering to a shallow narrow base. Vase presents loosely applied geometric pattern in yellow and green glaze over a glazed white ground.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One circular glazed pale green ceramic vessel. Bowl exhibits a wide mouth and out-turned lip and rests on three short equidistantly-spaced feet. Rim of bowl is glazed plain white.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One white glazed earthenware vessel, with pinkish hue at base, floral decoration on underglaze blue. Yi, Korean.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One unglazed brown ceramic hu vessel. Globular body tapers towards a flat base and extends into a long neck flaring slightly at the top. Two animal heads moulded in shallow relief on opposing sides of vessel. Animal heads feature prominent nose rings. Strands of string tied around neck.
source: Rewi Alley

Ceramic: vessel
description: One ceramic vessel.
source: Courtney Archer

Clay: sculpture
description: One rectangular, unfired, clay panel which depicts Rewi Alley and a likeness of Buddha with children. Copy of an original Rewi Alley memorial at Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
source: Deng Bangzhen
contributor: E A Johnston

Cloisonne: box
description: One cloisonne box with lid.

Cloisonné: pendant
description: One chevron-shaped metal pendant decorated on both sides with ruyi patterns in blue red and yellow cloisonné enamel.
source: Rewi Alley

Cloisonne: vases
description: Two cloisonne vases.

Clothing : collar
description: One blue and red collar with 17 tongues and with imitation pearls attached to them. On the collar itself are two dragons in blue and white. These are decorated with gold leaf and gold braid and are on the red background. There is a clasp of jade, carved, also another inconspicuous fastener of a knot and loop. The inside of the collar itself is green, faintly patterned. The collar is worn over a woman's dress.
source: Rewi Alley

Clothing: badge
description: One female mandarin badge of embroidered silk in two parts, featuring phoenix, as attached to ceremonial robe.
source: Mrs Annette Sievwright

Clothing: badge
description: Two mandarin badges.
source: Mrs Annette Sievwright

Clothing: badge
description: Two embroidered Mandarin badges.
source: Mrs Annette Sievwright

Clothing: hat
description: One Mandarin hat. First rank. Dark brown silk, with pinky-red coral button on ornamental gilt base, and bright red tassels.
source: Rewi Alley

Coin: charm
description: One round, brass charm or amulet coin, depicting two dragons separated by a pillar surmounted by rosettes, one of which has three tendrils. Outer and inner double rim. Circular hole in centre.
source: Rewi Alley

Coin: Six Charm Coins
description: Six round, metal charm coins, depicting various illustrations and characters in relief. Each coin has a hole in its centre, one of which is square, the others round. Worn together as Amulet.

Coin: Zodiac Charm Coins
description: Six round, metal coins from the Pre-Qin period, each depicting subjects of the Chinese Zodiac. All but one of the coins depict dragons. The other coin illustrates the Twelve Earthly Branches, which are used in combination with Heavenly Stems to designate years, months, days and hours. Unlike the dragon coins, this coin has not been carved through and instead the characters and images have been depicted in relief. Worn together as Amulet.

Commemorative disc
description: Perspex disc with red backing and engraved Chinese characters. Disc sitting on perspex base with yellow Chinese characters. Backed with a clear perspex stand.

Container: wood
description: One brown cylindrical wooden container with a ring-shaped cap and a yellow-white bone or ivory stopper threaded through with orange cord.

Display: masks
description: One rectangular yellow-brown wooden box. Lid presents six Chinese characters in pale green pigment. Box interior lined in dark green satin. Contains ten miniature heads each elaborately painted with examples of theatrical makeup. Beneath each head is a small rectangular plaque with a double row of five or six Chinese characters in white pigment on a black ground.

Display: masks

Display: masks

Facsimile: painting
description: One facsimilie of a painting on paper featuring mythical figures.
source: Rewi Alley

Folder: cover
description: Cardboard cover which acted as folder for collection of 12 coloured wood cut prints, obtained in Suzhou by Rewi Alley. Folder has embossed front cover imitating surface of tree truck, with oval framed lithograph image of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany above a wreath of gold oak leaves; inside back cover inscribed with hand-written characters, possibly referring to the collection of prints C1957.1164 A-L
source: Rewi Alley, Roger Duff

Furnishing: carpet
source: Irene Young

Furnishing: panel
description: Panel of blue silk, with embroidered designs of flying cranes and phoenix.
source: Mrs Annette Sievwright

Furniture: chair
description: One chair, part of gift from the Palace Museum.

Furniture: table and chairs
description: Furniture gifted to Canterbury Museum by the Beijing Palace Museum, in 1957.

Game: Zhuangyuan Chou counters
description: One green and brown embroidered pouch containing sixty two rectangular ivory counters for the gambling game zhuangyuan chou 狀元籌. Various types of counters are engraved with Chinese characters and pictorial illustrations.

Gilded: sculpture
description: One miniature gilded wooden shrine in the form of a roofed rectangular box mounted on a double pedestal. Box has two doors that open to reveal a brass Buddha figurine with an elaborate headdress mounted on a pedestal. Box shrine is painted dark blue and embellished with carved ornamentation and decorative metal hinges and clasps.
source: Rewi Alley

Glass: brush rest
description: One tinted purple blown glass brush rest in the form of the head of a trident with rounded points - those on the sides curving inwards. Interior of object contains air bubbles.

Gourd: vessel
description: One yellow-brown vessel fashioned from a gourd.

Horn: fragment
description: One cone-shaped hollow red-brown horn fragment. Exhibits incised geometric patterns near its base.
source: Rewi Alley

Horn: fragment
description: One cup-shaped light tan horn fragment cut from the coronet of a deer antler. Exterior surface exhibits traces of red-ochre and green colouring.
source: Rewi Alley

Implement: harness medallion
description: One round, copper and green coloured metal harness medallion. Carved patterns on an inner circle with a carved design of four snake-like dragons around the outside, whose heads project beyond the outer circular border. Engraved detail on inner circle and outer circle edge. Detail on one side only. Pierced ‘eyes’ for attachment.
source: Rewi Alley

Implement: ring
description: One ring with decoration in enamel.
source: Rewi Alley

Instrument: Back scratcher
description: One long slender yellow-brown wooden back scratcher. Central part of main body incorporates an abacus directly carved from the wood medium.

Instrument: cage
description: One cicada cage. Body fashioned from yellow-brown gourd. One end capped with intricately carved botanical pattern in ivory- or bone-coloured material.
source: Rewi Alley

Instrument: candle mould
description: One rectangular red-brown wooden candle mould in four sections held together with two multi-coloured braids of cord and fabric. Interior faces of mould components present carved decorations comprising a botanical pattern bordered above and below by geometric friezes.

Instrument: compass
description: One box-shaped red-brown wooden geomantic compass or luopan contained within a lacquered box. Upper part of front face contains a rectangular grid populated by Chinese characters in black and red pigment. Lower part of front face presents a minutely divided radial array occupied by Chinese characters in black and red pigment surrounding a central compass needle inset under glass. Underside of lacquer case exhibits gold-pigmented decoration comprising a rectangular border within which are contained the Chinese characters 皖休萬安街 老吳魯衡涵記製 (Anhui Province Wan-an street made by Wu Luheng).

Instrument: compass
description: One circular yellow-brown varnished wooden geomantic compass or luopan. Obverse presents minute radial divisions containing Chinese characters in black and red pigment surrounding central compass needle inset under glass. Reverse presents a grid containing Chinese characters in black pigment.

Instrument: prayer wheel
description: One cylindrical brass Tibetan-style prayer wheel with a spindle emerging from the base. Barrel presents six Tibetan characters moulded in low relief. Barrel top surface exhibits quatrefoil lotus pattern surrounding a central triskelion motif. Barrel underside exhibits eight-fold pattern of stylised flowers and beads surrounding a central triskelion motif.
source: Rewi Alley

Instrument: prayer wheel
description: One cylindrical brass and copper Tibetan-style prayer wheel. Barrel presents two bands of Tibetan characters moulded in low relief. Barrel lid takes the form of a lotus bud surmounting a flattened hemisphere and a broad flat rim. Upper surface exhibits botanical patterning in low relief. Barrel underside exhibits four-fold botanical pattern in low relief. Barrel interior contains script on rags and paper coiled around a wooden spindle. One side of the barrel waist presents an attached metal chain and weight shaped in the form of a simple geometric solid.
source: Rewi Alley

Instruments: personal effects
description: One wallet: Brown leather wallet with 5-pointed star cut into the front outside surface. Two pockets, one inside each half. Well used but in good condition. Some stitching frayed. Used by Rewi Alley and deposited by Alan Duan, his adopted son, per Madam Lu Wanru (Chinese Friendship Assn.) One letter opener with holder: Wooden letter opener, stained black. Top of handle has snake carved into head, with the head protruding out the back. Head has inset eyes. Presented with holder but the two do not appear to have intended to go together. Holder light brown wood, split along length down each side. Knife in good condition. Some notches missing from blade. Owned by Rewi Alley and deposited by Alan Duan, his adopted son, per Madam Lu Wanru (Chinese Friendship Assn.) One magnifying glass: Magnifying glass (hand held) with black plastic frame and handle. "90 mm" embossed in gold at back of frame. Frame broken and repaired with sellotape. Owned by Rewi Alley and presented by Alan Duan, his adopted son, per Madam Lu Wanru (Chinese Friendship Assn.) One pair of spectacles and case: Pair of spectacles in imitation snakeskin case. Glasses squared lenses with metal reinforced plastic frames, brown and transparent plastic. Inscribed on frame: "55 x 16. Life Style. 1387 MH." Inside case writing printed in English and Chinese; English: "William's Optical Co. 10 Queen's Theatre Arcade, Queen's Road, Central H.K. Tel H-245 944". In good condition, lenses slightly scratched. Belonged to Rewi Alley and were deposited by Alan Duan, his adopted son, per Madam Lu Wanru (Chinese Friendship Assn.)

Ivory sculpture
description: One yellow-white trapezoidal openwork carved and pierced ivory sculpture. Presents continuous botanical design.

Ivory: ornament
description: One light tan elongated blade-shaped walrus tusk slightly curved along its length. Each side presents incised designs of figures engaged in boating and fishing.

Ivory: pin
description: One elongated light tan and white carved ivory pin broken at the neck. Head exhibits carved incised bilaterally symmetric design. Presented in dark blue box with Chinese characters on lid and light blue interior lining.
date: 3 Kingdoms 220-265 AD

Ivory: sculpture
description: One yellow-white trapezoidal openwork carved and pierced ivory sculpture. Each face presents the same flattened frieze-like botanical design.

Ivory: sculpture
description: One creamy-white carved ivory figure of an elephant depicted trumpeting with mouth open and snout raised.

Ivory: sculpture
description: One approximately rectangular red-brown openwork carved and pierced ivory sculpture. Presents a flattened frieze-like design of a bird feeding from a flowering planet.

Ivory: sculpture
description: One yellow-brown carved ivory figure in the form of a robed bearded man bearing two large gourds or globular bundles and an upside-down bat on the top of his head. Head and facial hair tinted with dark pigment. One of the bat's wings appears to have broken off.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One creamy-white elongated carved ivory male figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with botanical patterns. Figure is depicted bearded and dressed in long flowing robes with a sword slung over his right shoulder and a Daoist fly whisk held in his right hand. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Lu Dongbin.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One creamy-white elongated carved ivory male figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with botanical patterns. Figure is depicted bearded and dressed in long flowing robes with his right hand holding a calabash gourd bottle and his left hand a walking stick. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Li Tieguai.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One creamy-white elongated carved ivory male figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with botanical patterns. Figure is depicted bearded and dressed in long flowing robes with his right hand clutching his belt and his left hand holding two clappers above his head. Rear surface of figure is less detailed presenting an oval-shaped label with Chinese characters. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Cao Guojiu.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One creamy-white elongated carved ivory male figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with botanical patterns. Figure is depicted bearded and dressed in long flowing robes bearing a bamboo tube in its right hand and an orb-shaped fruit between the thumb and index finger of its left hand. Rear surface of figure is less detailed presenting an oval-shaped label with Chinese characters. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Zhang Guolao.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One creamy-white elongated carved ivory figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced on the front surface with details of leaves fruit and a small animal. Figure depicted holding a flute up to its mouth. Rear surface of figure is less detailed presenting an oval-shaped label with Chinese characters. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One creamy-white elongated carved ivory female figure posed on a short base openwork carved and pierced with details of lotus plant leaves and blossoms. Figure's right hand grasps stem attached to lotus bud and leaf disposed over her right shoulder. Iconography consistent with Daoist Immortal He Xiangu.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One creamy-white carved ivory figure. In the form of a flattened cylinder open at both ends presenting the mouth head and limbs of a stylised frog. Figure's flat underside pierced with small circular hole.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One white openwork carved and pierced ivory sculpture in the form of an arc-shaped hollow flattened cylinder. Outer surface depicts garden landscape containing figures structures and trees.
source: Rewi Alley

Ivory: sculpture
description: One yellow-white ivory puzzle ball comprising openwork carved and pierced concentric spheres. The outermost shell presents an intricate pattern of figures and botanical forms interleaved with ring-shaped openings. The next shell inwards exhibits a cut-out pattern of eight-pointed stars and circles interleaved with larger rings.
source: Mrs Ruth Duffield

Jade: bi
description: One circular brown and white jade bi. Small circular central hole. Obverse and reverse present arabesque relief patterns defining four double S-shapes and a cruciform contained within plain narrow outer border.

Jade: bi
description: One circular translucent grey-blue jade bi. Small circular central hole. Obverse and reverse present image of a fish in the sea contained within plain narrow outer border.

Jade: bi
description: One circular brown jade bi. Brown-flecked vein. Medium-sized central hole.

Jade: bi
description: One circular semi-translucent brown and grey jade bi. White-streaked vein. Small circular central hole.

Jade: bi
description: One circular mottled grey and brown jade bi. Medium-sized circular central hole.

Jade: bi
description: One circular grey-white jade bi. Brown-flecked vein. Medium-sized circular central hole. Narrow recess around outer circumference in pulley fashion. Obverse presents narrow rectangular radial incision.

Jade: bi
description: One circular roughly cut brown-flecked white jade bi. Four equidistantly-spaced projecting lugs on outer circumference. Medium-sized circular central hole.

Jade: bi
description: One circular brown jade bi. Four equidistantly-spaced projecting lugs on outer circumference. Large circular central hole. Obverse presents engraved pattern of diamonds and a date. Reverse presents four archaic Chinese characters.

Jade: bi
description: One circular mutton-fat white jade bi. Four equidistantly-spaced carved busts resting on folded arms and facing alternately obverse and reverse on outer circumference. Small circular central hole with blue cord threaded through. Obverse and reverse present grain pattern in relief.

Jade: bi
description: One circular grey-white jade bi. Crackle-patterned red vein. Small circular central hole.

Jade: bi
description: One circular green jade bi. Dark green vein. Small circular central hole.

Jade: bi
description: One circular mottled grey-brown jade bi. Medium-sized circular central hole. Obverse presents interlocking geometric pattern arranged in two concentric rings. Reverse presents geometric patterns arranged in two concentric rings. Inner ring exhibits rectilinear spirals. Outer ring exhibits zig-zag pattern of striated triangles.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: bi
description: One circular green-brown jade bi traversed in the frontal plane by a rectangular bar squared off at the bottom and arrow-shaped at the top. Dark green and purple-brown vein. Medium-sized circular central hole. Obverse presents incised serpentine dragon; reverse presents seven dots joined by lines representing the constellation of the Great Sea (Ursa Major). External circumference of bi is broken at one point. Bi rests in a wooden four-legged stand with carved ornamental details on the sides and along the base.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: bi
description: One circular translucent blue-grey jade bi. Small circular central hole. Obverse presents gu-wen grain pattern. Reverse divided into two concentric rings. Inner ring presents pattern of linear marks. Outer ring presents eight larger trigrams (bagua).
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: bi
description: One circular translucent pale green jade bi. Brown-flecked vein. Medium-sized circular central hole.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: cong
description: One yellow-brown jade cong. Dark brown vein. Top and bottom present inner ring relief superimposed on square outer cross-section. Each side of long body exhibits image of dragon carved in low relief.

Jade: cong
description: One grey jade cong. Dark grey-brown vein. Obverse and reverse present inner ring relief superimposed on square outer cross-section. Each side presents four rectangular reliefs incised with vertical parallel lines.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: cong
description: One white jade cong. Brown-grey vein. Obverse and reverse present inner ring relief superimposed on square outer cross-section.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: cong
description: One light-grey jade cong. Brown-flecked vein. Obverse and reverse present inner ring relief superimposed on square outer cross-section.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: cong
description: One grey-green jade cong. Brown-flecked vein. Obverse and reverse present inner ring relief superimposed on square outer cross-section. Two opposing sides present decorative dragons in shallow relief; the other two opposing sides present an arrangement of lunates and dots in shallow relief.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One rectangular green-brown jade daigou. Dark brown vein. Obverse and reverse present incised serpentine patterns.

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine green jade daigou. Dark green vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Lower right obverse body presents serpentine design carved in low relief.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One slender serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a swan.

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine yellow-white jade daigou. Obverse body presents relief carving of two monkeys and fruit.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine yellow-white jade daigou. Yellow-brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Pink vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents relief carving of double Korean lion.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One bulbous serpentine white jade daigou carved in shape of a dragon. Light brown vein.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine pale green-white jade daigou. Dark green vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine grey-green jade daigou. Brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents raised tongue-shaped ridge.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine grey-green jade daigou. Yellow-green vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One bulbous serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One slender serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a swan.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a pheasant. Obverse body presents serpentine botanical relief carving.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a horse. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a monkey.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine green jade daigou. Brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of an insect or lizard. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a cicada.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Light brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Pale green-brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a feline.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a monkey.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine green-white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents relief carving of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine blue-white jade daigou. Light brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Light brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents relief carving of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine pale green-white jade daigou. Green-brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents pattern of dots and double spirals (ruyi motifs) carved in low relief.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine yellow-white dark brown jade daigou. Dark brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Export seal on back.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One short squat serpentine grey-white jade daigou. Brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents relief carving of dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One slender serpentine white jade daigou. Light brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine green-white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One slender serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a bird.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents serpentine relief carving of a cicada. Lower part of reverse exhibits export seal in red wax
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One slender serpentine white jade daigou. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One serpentine crystal daigou. Red-brown vein. Upper part of obverse presents carved head of a dragon. Obverse body presents incised serpentine botanical design.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One white jade daigou. Yellow-brown vein. Obverse carved into the form of a fish with a raised double-finned tail and wide open jaws closing on a ball.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daigou
description: One daigou in opaque white jade.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: daiguo
description: One green jade daiguo
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: gui
description: One blade-shaped blue-white jade gui. Blue-brown vein. Small hole at top thread through with white cord. Suspension hole at top.

Jade: gui
description: One elongated blade-shaped green jade gui. Dark green vein.

Jade: gui
description: One short blade-shaped translucent white jade gui. Brown-flecked vein. Hole at the top. Upper third of body exhibits three incised lines; upper line intersects hole.

Jade: gui
description: One elongated blade-shaped olive green jade gui. Brown-green and dark green vein.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: gui
description: One short blade-shaped pale blue-green gui. Dark olive-brown vein. Lower edge describes an arc; upper edge defines a low triangle pierced with a hole.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: gui
description: One blade-shaped translucent yellow-white jade gui. Yellow vein. Pointed top and flat base. Left and right edges present wave profile. Small hole pierced through upper right obverse.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: gui
description: One blade-shaped jade gui. Green with darker green vein.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: gui
description: One elongated blade-shaped olive green jade gui squared off at one end and pointed at the other. Dark green vein. Square end of obverse presents incised design pointing towards an incised pattern of seven linked dots.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: gui
description: One caramel-brown jade gui. Name 文仲子 (Wen Zhongzi) in seal script carved beside two holes at top end.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: huang
description: One crescent-shaped grey-white jade huang. Brown-flecked vein. From a girdle pendant. Obverse presents incised intertwining pattern. One suspension hole near left-hand inside rim. Remains of two suspension holes on right-hand edge. Two square notches on outer rim near right-hand end. Presented in a box.

Jade: huang
description: One crescent-shaped translucent blue-grey jade huang. Dark blue-grey vein. From a girdle pendant. Probably cut from large bi. Obverse and reverse present incised spiral pattern. Two suspension holes near outer rim.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: huang
description: One crescent-shaped translucent grey and brown jade huang. Dark brown vein. From a girdle pendant. Probably cut from a large bi. Two suspension holes near inside rim and one suspension hole near outer rim.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: huang, one jade pendant, and one jade carving in a box
description: Two crescent-shaped translucent jade huang. First huang is white mutton-fat jade with yellow vein. Second huang is green jade with dark green vein. Both huang from girdle pendants. At extremities of their crescent forms each huang possesses a suspension hole. One long dark green jade pendant; flattened circular cross-section; narrow shaft drilled through its length. One dark green jade carving. Presented in dark blue fabric-covered box with blue lining and inscription on inside lid.

Jade: jue
description: One circular dark grey jade slotted ring (jue). Medium-sized central hole. Radial slot at the top tapering in width towards central hole. Obverse and reverse present similar carved linear pattern. Two holes near the outer circumference either side of the slot. Cut out detail along left-of-centre and right-of-centre outer circumference.

Jade: qi
description: One circular yellow-brown jade qi. Darker brown vein. Sagittal cross-section tapers inward from obverse to reverse. Obverse presents Yin-Yang symbol surrounded by an annular grain pattern. Reverse presents transverse piercing with light blue cord threaded through.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: qiao
description: One translucent green jade scabbard chape or qiao. Brown-green vein. Flat top edge widening to curved base. Obverse and reverse decorated in three bands; upper and lower bands exhibit incised serpentine pattern; central band exhibits relief-carved grain pattern. Three holes in top with pink cord threaded through.

Jade: sui
description: One rectangular yellow-brown jade sui. Darker brown vein. Obverse presents carved dot pattern in low relief. One end has been broken off.

Jade: sui
description: One broad flat rectangular green-white jade sui. Brown-grey vein. Profile exhibits rectangular slot through middle of object and a hook at one end. Plain cord threaded through slot.

Jade: sui
description: One grey-white jade sui. Yellow-brown vein. Obverse presents two incised characters.

Jade: sui
description: One white jade sui. Each end of obverse presents serpentine relief carving. Reverse presents a flat surface engraved with a repetitive series of circles and spirals.

Jade: sui
description: One rectangular grey-white jade sui. Brown-flecked vein.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: sui
description: One broad rectangular grey-green jade sui. Dark brown vein. Upper two thirds of obverse presents incised serpentine ruyi fungal patterns and lower third an incised taotie pattern.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: sui
description: One yellow-white jade sui. Upper part of object defines a double spiral comprising two symmetrically opposed serpentine carved dragons the heads and open mouths of which meet either side of a small suspended sphere. Lower part of object fashioned into a plain thin rectangular tile with a slot running through its narrow section.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: sui
description: One rectangular yellow-white jade sui. Obverse presents serpentine relief carving. Reverse presents a flat surface.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: sui
description: One broad flat rectangular serpentine white jade sui. Blue vein. One half of complete clasp. Presents pattern of fine cracks. Obverse presents carving of head of a dragon. One round hole pierced through centre.

Jade: ya zhang
description: One blade-shaped elongated white jade ya zhang. Light brown vein. Small hook carved into lower left obverse edge. Small hole adjacent to hook.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: yuan
description: One circular green jade yuan. Dark green vein. Large circular central hole.

Jade: yuan
description: One circular translucent white jade yuan. Brown vein over two thirds of obverse and reverse circumference. Large circular central hole.

Jade: yuan
description: One circular white jade yuan. Brown-flecked vein. Large circular central hole.

Jade: yuan
description: One circular bone-coloured jade yuan. Brown-flecked vein. Circumference embellished with head tail and four feet of a stylised turtle.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: yuan
description: One circular translucent white jade yuan. Red-brown vein. Large circular central hole.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: zu cong
description: One circular light grey jade zu cong 组琮. Brown-flecked vein. Four equidistantly-spaced protruding arc-shaped sections around outside circumference.
source: Rewi Alley

Jade: adze-shaped
description: One elongated adze-shaped jade object. Blue-grey with darker blue vein. Upper extremity terminates in short handle and collar. Obverse lower end presents chisel-shaped slightly-stepped concavity.

Jade: adze-shaped
description: One adze-shaped jade object. White with grey-brown vein. Obverse and reverse present band of six incised lines. Three holes in top with black cord threaded through.

Jade: adze-shaped
description: One adze-shaped jade object. White with brown vein. Obverse presents small hole near top. Reverse presents seven small holes.

Jade: adze-shaped
description: One adze-shaped jade object. White with orange-brown vein. Left and right edges present three carved teeth pointing upward. Obverse and reverse exhibit incised pattern of criss-crossing horizontal and diagonal lines.