tradition

Souvenir spoon with cigar ...

This silver spoon belongs to the collection of silver and EPNS (electroplated nickel silver) tableware ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

Needlework sampler made by ...

The tradition of needlework samplers was well established by the time Australia was colonised in ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

'Ivory Pair' jug by ...

One of a pair comprising a jug and a goblet, 'Ivory Pair', handblown glass, made ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

Chinese ritual vase (hu) ...

Casting divisions are not easily discernible because of the high standard of post-cast polishing. However ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

2004/8/1 Nut carvings (17), ...

These boab nuts were carved by the late Jack Wherra a Ngarinyin man from the ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

Linen bolster cover

This hand-sewn bolster cover is significant as an early example of English hand-sewn domestic linen ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

A Bendigo Pottery stoneware ...

This particular vase was manufactured using a new process called 'slip-casting'. This technique involved pouring ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

A Bendigo Pottery pitcher.

This pitcher was manufactured using a new process called 'slip-casting'. This technique involved pouring a ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

Chairs and table made ...

There are several examples of rustic furniture in the Museum's collection including objects made ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

David Malin Award medal

The medal recognises outstanding work in the field of amateur astro-photography and is named after ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

Chinese New Year painting ...

The establishment of the Sea King Village Park (Haiwang cun gongyuan) at the eastern end ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

A Bendigo Pottery slip-cast ...

This vase was manufactured by one of Australia's oldest, and most distinguished, pottery companies ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum

man's shawl or mantle ...

Literature:Robyn Maxwell, 'Textiles of Southeast Asia: tradition, trade and transformation' 1990.Sylvia Fraser Lu ... continue

Source: Art Gallery of NSW

Square bottle-vase

Kawai Kanjiro was as important a potter as his contemporary and close friend, Hamada Shoji ... continue

Source: Art Gallery of NSW

The illustrated page (edition ...

Born 1969 in Lahore, Pakistan, Shahzia Sikander is an acclaimed younger painter who lives in ... continue

Source: Art Gallery of NSW

Enjoying summer

Xu Lele brings the great tradition of literati painting in China into a humorous, almost ... continue

Source: Art Gallery of NSW

Argyle Cut, old Sydney

Leonard Beck was a commercial artist and printmaker active between the 1920s and 1950s. He ... continue

Source: Art Gallery of NSW

Poem in running script

The poem was composed and painted by Duan Xu (also known as Duan Xuxue), younger ... continue

Source: Art Gallery of NSW

Acrobat

George Baldessin was one of a select number of Australian sculptors and printmakers notable for ... continue

Source: Art Gallery of NSW