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Durham

Oriental Museum, University of Durham

Collections range from prehistoric Egypt and China to the work of contemporary artists, including: Ancient Egypt, Near East, South Asia, Korea & Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Mongolia. Address: Elvet Hill, Off South Road, Durham DH1 3TH. [en]

London

The British Museum: Japan

About 25,000 objects, among others: early archaeological material, arts of Buddhism, secular paintings, prints, books, sculpture, metalwork, textiles, lacquerware, ceramics, porcelain. Address: Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. [en]

London

Horniman Museum: Asian Collection

Since Frederic Horniman's original bequest in 1901 the collection has expanded to 32.000 items from eg. China, Japan, India and Burma. Special features: tent collection and collection of performance items. Address: 100 London Rd, Forest Hill, London. [en]

London

The Khalili Collection of Japanese Art

Dr. Nasser D. Khalili has formed the large collection of Meiji decorative art, that comprises over 1,000 pieces of metalwork, enamels, lacquerwork, and ceramics from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century. [en]

Norwich

Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection: Asia

At the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. From the Neolithic up to the 19th century: Japan, China, Korea, India, Pakistan, Southeast and Western Asia. Address: University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK. [en]

Norwich

Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection: Japan

At the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Jomon period ceramics (c.10,500 - 400 BC), Buddhist sculpture, hanging scroll paintings. Address: University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK. [en]

Oxford

Ashmolean Museum: Eastern Art

Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford. Early Chinese ceramics, contemporary Chinese painting, Islamic pottery, Japanese porcelain and paintings, Indian collections (including Tibetan and Southeast Asian). Located in Beaumont Street, Oxford. [en]

 

 

 

 

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