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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/3
Title:: རྡོ་རྗེ་ and དྲིལ་བུ
Scope & Content:: A modern vajra / dorje and bell. A ritual object and musical instrument used together in tantric rituals. Extent: One vajra / dorje and bell. Size and dimensions of original material: Bell is 14 cm long and 6.5 cm across. Vajra is 9.5 x 3 x 3 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. C...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/4
Title:: རྐང་གླིང
Scope & Content:: A human thighbone trumpet and case. The wide end of the thighbone is covered in leather, the shaft bound in string and brass, the mouthpiece also in brass. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals, An attached cloth once of five colours, now ragged and dirty with age and usage. The case is...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/5
Title:: ཌ་མ་རུ
Scope & Content:: A damaru / swivel drum. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Extent: One swivel drum. Size and dimensions of original material: 10 x 10 x 6 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least f...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/6
Title:: སྦུབས་ཆལ།
Scope & Content:: A pair of brass cymbals. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Extent: One pair of modern brass cymbals. Size and dimensions of original material: 27 cm across and 5 cm deep. Condition of original material: Good condition. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down fr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/7
Title:: ཀ་པ་ལི
Scope & Content:: A tantric ritual vessel made from the top of a human cranium, with a brass cover lid and brass bowl. Extent: One human skull cup, one brass lid and one brass bowl. Size and dimensions of original material: Kapali is 4.5.x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Lid is 5 x 4 x 1.5, Bowl in 9 cm acroos and 3.5 cm deep. Con...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1241/4/5
Title:: Pesengan Lingsir-lingsire
Scope & Content:: This copper-plate contains a short genealogy of the owner’s family. Lempengan ini berisi tentang silsilah keluarga pemilik koleksi. Extent: 2 copper-plates. Size and dimensions of original material: height 6 cm, width 8 cm. Condition of original material: Good.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Balinese and Old Javanese
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: Foster 856
Title:: Medallion portrait of Louis XVI, gift to Tipu Sultan. With an embroidered Koran bag.. Artist(s): Lebrun, Andre-Jean (1737-1811), attributed to
Scope & Content:: Portrait medallion of Louis XVI, 1776. Gilt bronze on white marble oval plaque 142 by 104 mm max., with gilt bronze ribbon swags above and leaf sprays below, 23 by 17 cms Inscribed on reverse: ‘Louis 16th King of France presented on his Coronation to Hyder Ally Cawn and found in the palace of ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1776
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Foster 857
Title:: Medallion portrait of Marie Antoinette, gift to Tipu Sultan. With an embroidered Koran bag.. Artist(s): Lebrun, Andre-Jean (1737-1811), attributed to
Scope & Content:: Portrait medallion of Marie Antoinette, 1776. Signed under the shoulder ‘Lebrun 1776’. Gilt bronze on white marble oval plaque140 by 104 mm max., with gilt bronze ribbon swags above and leaf sprays below, ,22 by 16.57 cms Inscribed on reverse: ‘Marie Antoinette Josephe Jeanne Queen of Louis t...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1776
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Foster 889-894
Title:: Six Lion chairs, one chair with arms. The crest rails grooved and carved with the EIC lion badge within a circle, in the centre.
Scope & Content:: Six 'Lion' chairs, one with arms, the crest rails grooved and carved with the E.I.C. lion badge within a circle, in the centre. Lower rail turned with helical grooves. Turned front legs, square back legs. 1800-20. Mahogany, with modern horsehair covered upholstery. Originally used at East ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1800-1820
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Foster 896
Title:: Large armchair with cabriole front legs ending in dolphin head feet. Padded armrests and rounded back, decorated with the EIC badge. Embroidery in coloured silks and silver gilt thread
Scope & Content:: Armchair, c.1730, with cabriole front legs ending in dolphin head feet. Padded armrests and rounded back, decorated with the E.I.C. badge (a lion rampant holding an imperial crown). Walnut with crimson velvet upholstery, and embroidery in coloured silks and silver gilt thread. Made for the Vi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1730
Extent:: 1 Item

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