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1. Photo 920/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1
Title:
Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine Collection: Views of Kashgar, Khotan, Yarkand and Chinese Turkestan. Photographer(s): Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Collection of 199 prints mainly relating to Skrine's period as Consul-General at Kashgar from 1922-24. Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine (1888-1974) was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, before entering the Indian Civil Service in 1912. He served in South Persia (Sibi and Kermah) from ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1917-1925
Extent:
116 items

2. Photo 920/1(102)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(102)
Title:
[Kucha and Khotan work embroidery.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photograph of two pieces of embroidery: (1) 18th century Kucha work, a circular plaque of gold thread embroidery on green velvet, from a robe, (2) Khotan work, red chain-stitch embroidery on cotton cloth, from a woman's trouser leg: 'Note Persian flower pattern...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 920/1(101)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(101)
Title:
[Khotan work: woman's embroidered dress.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography [Gelatin silver print, 235x294mm]. Subjects = dress; embroidery; Skrine Collection Location = China; Khotan; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 920/1(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(97)
Title:
Copper pot (Khotan pierced metal work). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
[Gelatin silver print, 76x99mm]. Subjects = arts & crafts; copperware; Skrine Collection Location = China; Khotan; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 920/1(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(95)
Title:
Nagir princes on horseback with retinue for present Mir. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Four figures on horseback, surrounded by bystanders. [Gelatin silver print, 233x140mm]. Subjects = Skrine Collection Location = India/Pakistan disputed territory; Kashmir; Nagar (Kashmir)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 920/1(96)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(96)
Title:
Nagir princes on horseback with retinue for present Mir. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Duplicate of print 95. [Gelatin silver print, 234x143mm]. Subjects = Skrine Collection; unidentified Location = Hunza; India/Pakistan disputed territory; Kashmir
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 920/1(103)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(103)
Title:
Khotan work: multi-coloured chain stitch embroidery on silk fabric from a woman's dress. Note combination of Persian flower-pattern with Chinese designs. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Gelatin silver print, 295x242mm]. Subjects = arts & crafts; dress; embroidery; Skrine Collection Location = China; Khotan; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 920/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(4)
Title:
The sheep market, Khotan. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of traders in market. [Gelatin silver print, mounted on card, 280x200mm]. Subjects = markets; Skrine Collection Location = China; Khotan; Xinjiang
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 920/1(98)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(98)
Title:
Graeco-Buddhist plaster head (Khotan). Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Reproduced in Clarmont Skrine, 'Chinese Central Asia' (London, 1926, facing p. 170), and there captioned 'Plaster head of a woman found under sands of Takla Makan Desert near Khotan'. [Gelatin silver print, Subjects = archaeological finds; sculpture; Skrine Collection Location = China; Khot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 920/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 920/1(3)
Title:
The walls of Khotan. Photographer: Skrine, Sir Clarmont Percival
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in Clarmont Skrine, 'Chinese Central Asia' (London, 1926, facing p. 204). Green-toned print mounted on card with typescript caption. [308x186mm]. Subjects = Central Asian architecture; city walls; Skrine Collection Location = China; Khotan; Xinj...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1922
Extent:
1 item