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Description: | The South East Asia collections comprise over 60,000 objects including 10,000 textiles and 6,000 paintings ranging from 2,000BC in the Indus Valley to present and geographically across Asia, but mainly the Indian sub-continent. Much was collected as contemporary arts and crafts, but strengths are in Mughal miniatures and decorative arts especially jades and rock crystal; Indian textiles, especially for the export market; Indian sculpture, especially bronzes; Indian furniture, paintings from the Punjab Hill courts; 19th century photographs of India and decorative Burmese work; but also jewellery, ceramics, glass, lacquerwork, basketry and woodwork, Tibetan tankas, Indian film posters and ephemera. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Cromwell Road
South Kensington London London United Kingdom,
SW7 2RL | FAX: | 020 7942 2162 | Telephone: | 020 7942 2000 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5942 | Go to resource |
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