Art, Chinese

Date: 1973

By: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

Reference: E-278-q-121

Description: Photograph of a gilded Chines bronze statue exhibited at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth 15 May-1 July 1973. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 155 x 104 mm on folded card

Date: 1890-1906

By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: Objects-0636

Description: Maker(s) not identified. Statue of a standing woman, a crown on her head, wearing a long flowing patterned garment.The figure represents a goddess and has a bindi on her forehead. Likely a Japanese-manufactured figurine of the Chinese seafarer's goddess Ma Zu Po or Mazu. The figure may be a Buddhist or Daoist one. It may be the Chinese seafarer's goddess Ma Zu Po, or Mazu, the Daoist Queen of Heaven and Holy Mother. Seafarers prayed or sacrificed to this goddess for fine weather and safe conduct. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 object(s). Physical Description: Porcelain, 300 x 50 x 50 mm (circular) Processing information: Description edited as part of Objects survey, 2024. Previous reference: Curios-029-049. Previous title: Maker unknown :[Japanese or Chinese figure. ca 1900].

Date: 1938-1960s

From: Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-902

Description: The work of the Canadian Surgeon, Dr Norman Bethune in 1938 and 1939. Gung Ho Cooperatives. Central communist leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, He Long, Kang Kequing and others Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 2003

By: Good Luck Bar (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-E-TAVERN-2003-01

Description: Shows two brown Chinese dragons on a black background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 500 x 840 mm. Provenance: Donated by Sticky Fingers in 2003.

Date: 1977

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8559

Description: Mainly relates to the cities of Xi'an (Sian), and Luoyang (Loyang). Includes - Examples of inlaid laquer work produced at the Arts and Crafts Factory at Xi'an. People in the Xi'an Museum. Works in an exhibition of peasant painters at Xi'an. A children's orchestra at an agricultural commune at Luoyang. On the train to Canton. Details in an orchid garden in Canton (Guangzhou). A pottery factory at Fuson, near Canton. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 2017

By: Garage Project (Firm); Shaw, Andy, active 2004-2017

Reference: Eph-A-ALCOHOL-Beer-Garage-2017-06

Description: Mat or label with an ornate, basically circular, perimeter, incorporating leaf shapes, and stylised lettering, in a Chinese-inspired design. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, circumference 102 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Garage Project in July 2017.

Date: ca 1950s-1960s

From: Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-692

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1950s-1980s

From: Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-686

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1971-1977

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8562

Description: Includes views of the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing. Children in a kindergarten in a toy factory, Shanghai. All 1977. Greek and other antique pottery in a Museum in Rome, Italy. Views of a domed building (not St Mark's Cathedral), Venice. All 1971. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1977

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8561

Description: Includes - Views of the gardens and buildings of the Summer Palace, Beijing (Peking). Pottery in the Architectural Museum, Shanghai. Scroll painter at Liulichang, Beijing. Kindergarten at a toy factory, shanghai. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1977

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8560

Description: Includes - Museum and exhibition of peasant painters, Xi'an (Sian). Views of Canton (Guangzhou). Celebrating Chinese National Day (1 October) at Luoyang (Loyang). Buddist sculpture in the Longmen Caves near Louyang. Views of the grounds and lake of the Summer Palace, Beijing (Peking). Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1835 - 1838

By: Johnson family

Reference: Curios-028-008

Description: A square-based embossed pewter tea caddy, with curved shoulders, a hinged lid surmounted by a seated figure. Designs on the four sides a pagoda, a seated man playing a percussion instrument, another seated man and two figures playing percussion instruments. All four sides show figures in Chinese landscapes. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Pewter, 140 x 112 x 112 mm Provenance: A note inside the caddy reads 'Given to my Grandfather, John Johnson, in 1844, by the captain of a ship trading from the East. He obtained it in China about 8 years before that'

Date: ca 1930s-1970s

From: Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-5937-01

Description: Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm, 23764 - 23784, and 1/4-086104-F - 1/4-086235-F Quantity: 279 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour original photographic print(s). 137 b&w original photographic print(s) of which 3 are 35mm strips. 17 colour original negative(s) 35mm strips.

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-11289

Description: Chinese applied arts. Include - Inlaid lacquer disk held in a stand of carved wood. Two ivory figures. Two painted porcelain vases. Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: A-464-005/008

Description: Four brightly-coloured pieces of tissue paper, stencil-cut intricately to show: a Chinese lantern (on purple paper); flowers (on blue paper); ducks (on green paper); and fish (on orange paper) One piece wrapped in tissue signed by Rewi Alley: 'Shirley, my dear I hope you like some of these cuts / Love Rewi' Quantity: 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Various shapes cut into coloured tissue paper, approximately 105 x 125 mm

Date: 1996

From: [Catalogues and brochures of quarto size for photographic exhibitions. 1995-1999]

Reference: Eph-B-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1996-01

Description: Booklet for an exhibition of contemporary photography by Chinese photographers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It also included work by New Zealand artist Yuk King Tan; "Letters" an installation by Lynda Chanwai-Earle' "Footprints of the dragon" a television documentary directed by Helene Wong; and the film "Chinese whispers", by Stuart Mckenzie and Neil Pardington. The exhibition was coordinated by Philip Tremewan and designed by Andrew Thomas. There are biographical notes about all the Chinese photographers: Lin Yung Hui, Wang Miao, Wu Jia Lin, Almond Chu, Joseph Fung, Alfred Ko, Lau Ching Ping, Leong Ka Tai, Wing Shya, Wong Wo Bik, Chang Chao-tng, Hsieh Chuen-te, Lin Ryh-shan, Wu Chung-wai, Pan Hsiao-hisa, Bobby K H Sham, and Lu Cun. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 297 x 212 mm.

Date: 1958-1981

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-1551-01

Description: Photographs relating to art and crafts, 1958 to 1981 (but mainly 1970s), by an Evening Post photographer. Photographs are organised into the following topics: -Art - Painting, artists, prints, drawing, sculpture, street art, gallery installations, mixed media, children's art, Chinese art, Japanese art, folk art, designers, galleries, photography Crafts - Batik, cakes, china painting, embroidery, glass, jewellery, junk sculpture, lampshades, metalwork, pottery, scrimshaw, seed pictures, spinning, stained glass, weaving, Cook Island weaving, Maori weaving, carving. Other Evening Post prints relating to arts and crafts are in the Evening Post illustrations files at PAColl-7327-1-030 to -034 Quantity: 316 b&w original photographic print(s) with date and caption on reverse.

Reference: A-061-001/005

Description: Paintings of plants Quantity: 5 watercolour(s) in bound volumes. Physical Description: Watercolours, 260 x 305 mm

Reference: ArtEph-nd-A01

By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: Curios-028-020

Description: A pair of bronze stirrups with incised pattern, a bronze buckle at the top of each Quantity: 2 curio(s). Physical Description: Bronze, each 245 x 305 x 130 mm