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Sake BottleEd5.2959 a-b

Bottle with a long, narrow, flared neck and a raised foot. Exterior is decorated with six scenes contained is outlines of different shapes. The two largest designs are of a floral scene and a scene with bird and bamboo; the two scenes in a fan-shaped outline are of an ocean and mountain scene and a pier and tree scene; the two scenes in the cloud-shaped outlines are of a pier, tree, and distant mountains and of a building with a tree near the ocean. Geometric decorations are at the neck and above and below band of scenes. Part b is a stopper and fits into neck and rests on the rim; a knob is in the centre; the top is glazed brown with gold; Underside is glazed grey; stopper is unglazed.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe1042/1

Large cream robe with symbols. The robe is large and rectangular with two long ties. Scattered on the front are faint symbols in yellow, orange and blue. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1042/3

Rectangular panel with bands surrounding the centre section. The thin outside band is black. The second band is very thin and blue. The third band is thick and dark green with a scroll pattern. The fourth band is again very thin and blue. The fifth band is thin and black. The centre section has a piece of velvet ? fabric with a dark green pattern on an orange background. The panel is backed by a piece of tan fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scroll Painting1200/8

Paper scroll with panted scene of three figures on horses hunting a spotted feline with two tigers in the foreground and a deer-like animal just below the spotted animal, and five more hunters near the centre are hunting two rabbits and two deer. Mountains in the background. Border of green abstract pattern on off-white paper with a thin line of orange around the edge of the painting.

Culture
Korean
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1058/1

Wooden, angular figure of a horse with mane and tail made of dried grass plugged into three holes at mane and one at tail; a saddle is on its back. The horse is allover black with painted decoration of floral motif at chest and saddle; two lines of white dots at top of each leg; two large white swirls on each side, one on neck and one under front of saddle.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paint, fibre and grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest1200/9

Small black wool vest with silver embroidery. The vest has a centre front opening with lower edges that curve upwards. There are dense swirling patterns made of silver metallic braid and thread that has been couched onto the surface of the ground fabric. Blue and green glass beads are incorporated into some of the patterns. All edges are bordered with flat silver braid. The centre opening and bottom edge have small spherical ornaments, made of wood or fibre and been wrapped with silver thread. The inner lining is black silky fabric.

Culture
South Asian
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, silver metal, glass, wood ? and dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb1080/13

Black and gold coloured comb with a curved spine and a floral design running along the top. Several small pieces of an abalone-like shell are set into one flower.

Culture
Japanese
Material
plastic ?, paint and shell
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scroll PaintingEdz1395 a-c

The scroll painting (part a) has a central image with a brown background with animals (red pandas?) playing in a rose garden. One brown and black striped animal is crouching down on a black rock from which a stem of a pink rose plant grows where a dark yellow butterfly flies overhead on the right side. Below this are other brown and black and white animals. Along the upper right hand side there are three vertical lines of black writing characters with two square red stamps with writing characters within underneath the outer line. Two more square red stamps with writing characters within are at the bottom of the picture, one in each corner. The central picture is surrounded by ornate cream-coloured fabric outlined with light brown. The scroll has ornate light blue fabric at the top and the bottom. Written on the back is the following: "_kao Feng Han 1683 - 1743 China". The top of the scroll has a semi-circular rod with dark red-brown and light cream-brown string going through four loops, and the bottom has a larger cylindrical rod with a four centimetre diameter which has been covered with a brown floral patterned fabric. The scroll is contained in a box and lid (parts b-c).

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff Bottle1080/5 a-b

A small thin cloisonne snuff bottle with a scene of two deer-like animals in a landscape on each side surrounded by a blue foral and spiral design. The lid (part b) has a rounded top with a blue floral design, from which a long stick protrudes downward into the bottle with a slightly curved point at the other end.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, enamel, cork bark and bone ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StandEdz1388

A red-brown lacquer stand with an elongated diamond shape. The flat top surface has a plain centre outlined with a diamond-shaped geometric design. The upper part has two concave floral designs surrounded by a diamond-shaped geometric design on both sides. The middle has a horizontal vertically grooved centre line. The lower part has landscape scenery with houses carved in relief all around. There are four legs which curl up with a decorative leaf, one at each corner.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and lacquer
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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