EditorialPneumonanthes, Illustration of a lung gentian from the 16th century, Fig. 139, p. 162v, 1561, Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gessner, Benedictus Aretius, Pedanius Dioscorides: In hoc volumine continentur Valerii Cordi Simesusii annotationes in Pedacii Dioscor...
EditorialTchien Lung (aka Qianlong, 1711-1799) - Emperor of China, Qing dynasty. William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the Chinese Emperor in Beijing from 1792 to 1794. From numerous sketches he made during his stay, h...
EditorialHead of Bodhisattva, 618-907. China, from Lung-m?n, Tang dynasty (618-907). Dark gray limestone; overall: 24.9 x 17.2 x 9 cm (9 13/16 x 6 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.).
EditorialCup and Saucer, c. 1750. China, Chinese Export, 18th century, Period of Kien Lung. Porcelain; diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in.); overall: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.).
EditorialChinese Terrestrial Globe. [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, with explanation signe. Peking, [1623]. Chinese terrestrial globe. 592mm in diameter, painted in lacquer on wood. Fitted on to modern wooden stand. Image taken from [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, wit...
EditorialChinese Terrestrial Globe. [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, with explanation signe. Peking, [1623]. Chinese terrestrial globe. 592mm in diameter, painted in lacquer on wood. Fitted on to modern wooden stand. Image taken from [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, wit...
EditorialChinese Terrestrial Globe. [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, with explanation signe. Peking, [1623]. Chinese terrestrial globe. 592mm in diameter, painted in lacquer on wood. Fitted on to modern wooden stand. Image taken from [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, wit...
EditorialDragon-boat. 1800 - 1805. Lung Sheun. Literally Dragon or Snake boat. On a particular festival of the Chinese which falls on their fifth month, boats of this construction are used as Race boats'. Inscribed: 'Dragon boat of the festival on the 5th of th...
EditorialChinese Terrestrial Globe. [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, with explanation signe. Peking, [1623]. Chinese terrestrial globe. 592mm in diameter, painted in lacquer on wood. Fitted on to modern wooden stand. Image taken from [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, wit...
EditorialThe leave-taking from those who have followed (as it may be expressed) the involvements of Ling and Mian. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620....
EditorialThe toilet of Mian. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 56.
EditorialChinese Terrestrial Globe. [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, with explanation signe. Peking, [1623]. Chinese terrestrial globe. 592mm in diameter, painted in lacquer on wood. Fitted on to modern wooden stand. Image taken from [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, wit...
EditorialWorld map. c.1743. World map of c 1743. Wood-cut and hand-coloured. A reference to the 8th year of Ch'ien Lung shows that this map was made in or after 1743. The marginal text quotes population figures from Liang's old map, and distances from Tsao's ol...
EditorialChinese Terrestrial Globe. [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, with explanation signe. Peking, [1623]. Chinese terrestrial globe. 592mm in diameter, painted in lacquer on wood. Fitted on to modern wooden stand. Image taken from [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, wit...
EditorialThe ill-omended, but, as it will be finally revealed, benevolently-arranged meeting of Kai Lung and the brigand. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source:...
EditorialChinese Terrestrial Globe. [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, with explanation signe. Peking, [1623]. Chinese terrestrial globe. 592mm in diameter, painted in lacquer on wood. Fitted on to modern wooden stand. Image taken from [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, wit...
EditorialRed lacquer cover with a design of carved dragons. [A book containing the calligraphic exercises of the Emperor Ch’ieng lung]. China, 18th century. 452 x 305 x 50 mm. Source: Or. 6682 box cover.
EditorialRed lacquer cover with a design of carved dragons and calligraphy by the Quianlong Emperor (1711-99). [A book containing the calligraphic exercises of the Emperor Ch’ieng lung]. China, 18th century. 452 x 305 x 50 mm. Source: Or. 6682 box cover.
EditorialThe Louts-Hung meeting place of the two with whom the printed leaves are chiefly concerned. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate oppo...
EditorialThe unprepossessing conduct of the chief of bowmen. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 30.
EditorialRed lacquer cover with a design of carved dragons and calligraphy by the Quianlong Emperor (1711-99). [A book containing the calligraphic exercises of the Emperor Ch’ieng lung]. China, 18th century. 452 x 305 x 50 mm. Source: Or. 6682 upper cover.
EditorialThe significant behaviour of the one who is blind and the other deaf. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 46.
EditorialThe superfluous Wang. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 62.
EditorialChinese Terrestrial Globe. [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, with explanation signe. Peking, [1623]. Chinese terrestrial globe. 592mm in diameter, painted in lacquer on wood. Fitted on to modern wooden stand. Image taken from [Chinese Terrestrial Globe, wit...
EditorialThe outrageous attitude of the dishonourable Li Keen. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 72.
EditorialThe out-passing from the narrative of the amiable Kai Lung. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 78.
EditorialA powerful and ill-disposed magician. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 40.
EditorialThe mandarin of the three times bolted door. The Transmutation of Ling. [From “The Wallet of Kai Lung.”] With twelve designs by Ilbery Lynch. London : Grant Richards, 1911. Source: 12620.i.1 plate opposite page 16.
EditorialDragon-boat. 1800 - 1805. Lung Sheun. Literally Dragon or Snake boat. On a particular festival of the Chinese which falls on their fifth month, boats of this construction are used as Race boats'. Inscribed: 'Dragon boat of the festival on the 5th of th...
EditorialIron mould for casting socketed axes. Two separate half-moulds and the core. Excavated 1953 at Hsing-Lung, Hopei, China. Warring States (5th-4th BCE). Length outer mould: 28.6 cm-core: 21.9 cm.
EditorialPair of vases, ca. 1750, Chinese with French mounts, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, Overall: 7 1/4 ? 7 1/4 ? 5 1/2 in., 6lb. (18.4 ? 18.4 ? 14 cm, 2.7216kg), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, These vases of the Ch'ien Lung period were embellished in Paris wit...
EditorialTchien Lung (aka Qianlong, 1711-1799) - Emperor of China, Qing dynasty. William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the Chinese Emperor in Beijing from 1792 to 1794. From numerous sketches he made during his stay, h...
EditorialBlood vessels and nerves of intestines in thorax and abdomen, left lung, aorta, heart, spleen and kidney. Watercolour belonging to the shipment of wax models ordered by Emperor Joseph II for the education of army surgeons, 1785.
EditorialIron mould for casting socketed axes. Two separate half-moulds and the core. Excavated 1953 at Hsing-Lung, Hopei, China. Warring States (5th-4th BCE). Length outer mould: 28.6 cm-core: 21.9 cm.