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PaintingCa42

Rectangular goatskin with painting at centre and goat hair border. The painting is bordered in red with a white design. The scene is of St. George sitting on a horse. He is using a long spear to kill a green and white dragon. There is blue sky, a yellow-green field and a woman grasping a tree above the dragon. There is also amharic writing on both sides of St. George and on the lower left.

Culture
Amhara
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/90

Daoist album leaf. Painting depicting Xu Xun and the iron pillar restraining drifters. Three figures with red hair and mallots are depicted along with a crowd of people with objects hidden from view hanging from yokes that are slung over their shoulders, all looking at what appears to be burning buildings, and a seated figure in yellow and blue robes surrounded by several warriors with swords and sticks. There are several building roofs surrounded by clouds in the background. A cylindrical object in the foreground has multicoloured flames emerging from the top and is surrounded by several building roofs partially obscured by clouds with a wall at the very front. The painting is mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingEa5

Rectangular shaped manuscript leaf. Central section painted with four figures on horses holding mallets in one hand and a ball on the ground. The background is a stylized flowers and grass, with landscape and sky at the top. Script at the top and bottom of the image, and covering the reverse.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scroll PaintingEd5.2791

Scroll featuring a picture of four grey mice and three white turnips with green leaves; image is mounted on light brown, floral design silk brocade with paper backing. Narrow strips of contrasting floral design silk are inserted at the top and bottom of the image. Three black calligraphy characters and a red seal mark the lower left hand area. "Suldong Dang" and "Setsudo Do" are inscribed on the back in black ink.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingEdz1378

Painting depicting people on horseback travelling along a stilted boardwalk road through steep mountains with trees to a village near the top of the painting. The painting is mounted on a light yellow silk background with a wooden support at the top and a wooden roller with a black laquered handle (the other handle is missing). Inscription, date and signature of the artist, Hou Mei, of the Qing Dynasty. Attached at the top is a silk tie for tying and a cord for hanging.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingEdz1377

Painting depicting several small black and brown birds amongst bamboo, a rock outcropping, and other plants on blue-grey moss or grass, all on a beige background with brocade backing. Rolled around a cylinder with ceramic finials glazed in brown, white, green, and yellow with an incised cloud design. There is no signature, but there are many red seals at the corners of the painting and on the mounting, as well as a very large seal at the top centre of the painting.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingEdz1376

Painting depicting a standing buck with antlers and a doe lying down beside with rock outcrops and tree limbs, all on a dark buff background. Rosewood (?) handles and cylindrical roller. Signature and two seals of the artist, dates unknown, on the left-hand side of the image. Attached at the top is a silk tie for tying and a cord for hanging.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingEdz1375

Painting depicting abstracted rock outcrops of blue and green, a green-limbed tree with orange leaves, and a woman standing on an outcrop looking over water and the sunset. All on a buff-coloured background. Rolled on a cylinder with light blue glazed ceramic finials.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingEdz1374

Pink peonies and limb of plum blossoms; two pheasants stand on the ground and a rock outcrop. All on a buff background. The mount is badly damaged.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaintingEdz1373

Painting depicting two blue and white birds with red beaks perched on a rocky outcrop with white peonies that have thorny limbs as well as blue and white irises, all on a dark buff background. Inscription, date, and signature of the artist in top corner. Mounted on off-white damask floral print silk with paper backing.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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