Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works shown in the exhibition Auspicious: Motifs in Chinese art (23) works on display (0) works with images (23) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number China Official seal 18th century 129.1990 China Pouring vessel (he) in archaistic style 17th century 1357.1990 China Table 18th century 228.1990 China Guanyin, bodhisattva of compassion 1279-1368 104.2002 China Paint brush 234.2005 China Paint brush 236.2005 China Black jade mythical beast 245.2003 China Disc (bi) with dragons (chi) 40.2008 China Armchair with stone panel set on splat early 20th century 292.2007 China Stele of a Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas 6th century 314.2006 China Mirror with TLV design 206 BCE-220 CE 515.1988 China Tomb tile with decoration of a feathered man and a dragon 5th century-6th century EC24.1962 China Tomb tile with decoration of a man and tiger 5th century-6th century EC25.1962 China Water dropper in the form of a fish 17th century EC84.1962.a-b China Gourd-shaped ink slab 19th century EV17.1962 China Paperweight carved in the form of a citron with a grasshopper 19th century EV18.1962 China Dogs 2098 China Brush pot decorated with a scene from 'Sima Guang breaking the water urn to save his friend'; a carved Tang dynasty poem by Zhang Ji (c.756-c.779) 19th century-20th century 141.2012 Dehua ware Brush rest in the form of a dragon among rocks 1662-1722 352.1987 Jingdezhen ware Dish with gardenia spray design 1488-1505 366.1989 Jingdezhen ware Imperial birthday dish with peach 1662-1722 141.1971 SHEN Shiyou Inkstone late 19th century-early 20th century 59.1989 Unknown Tea service set, comprising teapot, creamer, sugar bowl and tongs circa 1900 153.2003.a-d