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11th June 2015, 02:49 PM
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Re: Treasures of the oriental museum durham university Durham university oriental mus

The Oriental Museum also known as the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology which was established in the year 1960 .It is a museum of the University of Durham in England.

The Oriental Museum has a collection of more than 23,500 Korean, Japanese , Chinese, Egyptian and other far east and Asian artefacts.

Collections


China: The Chinese collection contains over 10,000 objects ranging from the Zhou Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty included c.1,000 pieces of Chinese pottery, and nearly 2,000 pieces of Jade and hardstones from the Sir Charles Hardinge donation.

Indian subcontinent: Ranging from stone sculptures to Mughal jade and Gandharan sculptures the collections constitutes 1,500 objects, and over 5,000 photographs taken by Sir John Marshall.

Korea: Containing just over 500 pieces, from the Goryeo dynasty and Joseon Dynasty including bronze mirrors and ceramics with sanggam decoration.

The collection is predominately constitutes of the donations from the Rt Rev Richard Rutt and Dr Henry de Laszlo.

Japan: The Japanese collection spans mostly the Edo and Meiji periods of Japanese history

South East Asia: The collection is formed from two acquisitions, the Harold MacDonald collection consisting of items presented to him as Commissioner General of South East Asia, and the Roberts Collection of Balinese art.

The Levant and Middle East:

The core of the collection is from the Nothumberland Collections consisting of seals and cuneiform tablets.

The collection contains many artefacts collected from archaeological excavations such as those from Sir Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur, Kathleen Kenyon's at Jericho and the Lachish excavation.

Ancient Egypt

The collection includes an 18th dynasty funeral mask, and Shabti of Prince Bahmery

Made up of over 6,700 objects the Egyptian collection is formed from two main acquisitions; The Northumberland collection of over 2,500 and 4,600 items comprising the Sir Henry Wellcome collections.

Contact Details :
Oriental Museum - Durham University
Elvet Hill Road, Durham, County Durham DH1 3TH, United Kingdom
+44 191 334 5694

Map :
[MAP]Oriental Museum - Durham University[/MAP]


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