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161. Or 16793

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16793
Title:
徽洲高大人
Scope & Content:
This woodblock is carved with the figure of a giant man from Huizhou province. According to the description on the block he is 2m 40cm tall (徽洲高大人，身長八尺). This figure is possibly Zhan Shichai, known by the stage name of 'Chang the Giant' (1841-1893), said to be nearly 8 feet tall. The man wears a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1911
Extent:
1 woodblock

162. Or 16804

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16804
Title:
租界章程
Scope & Content:
A small handlist of land regulations for the UK concession in Shanghai. The colophon indicates the date of issue "咸豐甲寅年四年六月十七日(1854/07/11)". Red guidelines divide the pages into 8 columns.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

163. Or 16810

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16810
Title:
[漢字識字課本] [Han zi shi zi ke ben] [Chinese character learning book]
Scope & Content:
This tri-language manuscript contains a variety of contents for Chinese language including "上大人", general terms and phrases. On the side of each Chinese character, there are Wage-Giles romanization transcriptions and their explanation in Portuguese. Margin and guidelines divide each page into th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)

164. Or 16842 (B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16842 (B)
Title:
書山尋珍.
Scope & Content:
This calligraphy in Tangut is by Dou Minli. On the manuscript there are details of content, purpose (for the British Library), date (autumn 2011), place of production (Yinchuan city) and the author (Minli) (大英圖書館存念。西夏釋文，書山尋珍。辛卯秋於銀川，民立). There is a stamp of the author (竇民立書) . There is another ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Tangut
Date Range:
2011
Extent:
1 sheet

165. Or 16868

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16868
Title:
杜甫春夜喜雨.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is written on golden fan shape paper and mounted in a frame. This calligraphy was written by Liu Zhengcheng (劉正成, 1946- ) in summer 2012. The content "春夜喜雨 (Delighting in Rain in a Spring Night) is one of Du Fu's (杜甫, 712-770) poems describing rain on a spring night. The colophon ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
2012
Extent:
1 sheet

166. Or 16869

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16869
Title:
製茶景全圖
Scope & Content:
This concertina album contains 10 paintings about preparing tea from transplanting to transporting. Each image is on the left side of the opening and accompanied by printed Chinese and English text on the right side. The covers of the album are wooden boards with "fu (福)" carved on the front. Th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1900-1960
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

167. Or 16872

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16872
Title:
臨江仙·滾滾長江東逝水
Scope & Content:
This calligraphy was written by Du Benji (都本基), the official Chinese Olympics 2008 calligrapher, on his visit on 7 Aug 2012. The content is taken from the preface of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The information above can be found in the colophon '三國演義開篇詞，壬辰年都本基書'. There is a square stamp with t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
2012
Extent:
1 scroll

168. Or 16879

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16879
Title:
中國古代名人圖
Scope & Content:
Twelve silk paintings of famous people accompanied by biographies of each subject printed in Chinese and English. The famous schalors in the volume include Su Shi 蘇軾、Li Bai 李白、Han Yu 韓愈. Each opening has a painting of the figure on the left hand side along with their name and a description in Ch...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1900-1960
Extent:
1 volume (12 folios)

169. Or 16899

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16899
Title:
上論卷十六
Scope & Content:
This silk document includes the text of the Analects (論語). It is believed to have been a tool for cheating during the imperial civil service examinations.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1911
Extent:
1 sheet

170. Or 16903

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16903
Title:
縱觀玄覽
Scope & Content:
This piece of calligraphy on fan-shaped golden paper is by Liu Zhengcheng (劉正成, 1946 - ) in 2013. This item was presented to, Graham Hutt, curator of the Chinese collections. The details above can be seen in the colophon: "葛漢先生。癸巳，正成". There are two stamps in red ink: "正成之印" in intaglio and "蜀西...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
2013
Extent:

1 sheet