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1. Add Or 5368

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Add Or 5368
Title:
Burmese funeral car for a monk.
Scope & Content:
Funeral car for a Burmese monk (‘phongi’). Inscribed ‘Enclosure and catafalque in which a Phungi is placed to be burnt. Hearse in car in which a Phungi is carried to the burning place.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 5368v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5368v
Title:
Burmese funeral cars for lay persons.
Scope & Content:
Two round funeral cars for Burmese lay people. Inscribed: ‘Lay catafalque and coffin.’ Note: The receptacle for the monk’s body is the quadrangular black segment in the middle of the funeral car. Such ornate funeral cars denoted a person of high status, and the related ceremonies would have b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 Item

3. P3288

Reference (shelfmark):
P3288
Title:
Sparrow Rock (Maque yan). . Artist(s): Xu Zhongou (b.1952)
Scope & Content:
Print of rural scene, multi-block woodcut printed with oil-based ink. Height 890mm, width 498mm (image). The woodblock is part of the Chinese collection, shelfmark ORB MISC 29/28. Published in von de Burg, Christer, The Art of Contemporary Chinese Woodcuts, Muban Foundation, London, 2003, p. 19...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1998
Extent:
1 Item

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