Bread-stamp in wood. Carved by Monks on Mount Athos, Greece, and found in every Greek household. On main side, two compartments for Jesus Christ, one for nine archangels and one for Virgin Mary. The small stamp is a duplicate of the compartment…

Cross carved by Monks on Mount Athos, Greece, 1910. Engraved with a figure of Christ on the cross, on the obverse the Virgin Mary carrying Infant Jesus in the centre, with Cherubim on left and right arms of the cross

After this come a number of small Vases, plain black, sometimes also with slight ornamentation in raised white or in lines incised down to the ground colour of clay: in one case, both styles are used together. Such ware is late; and is found in…

Ear-ring, hoop and pendant. Pendant made up of turquoise stones capped in gold, separated by pearl, with a coral bead capped with gold at the base.

Wax impressions of nine Buddhas contained in hinged copper case, the wax is painted so that the sky is blue, the earth is green and the Buddha images are red.

Clay relief of Tibetan/Buddhist deity (The God of Destruction) with raised sword, within a hinged copper case.

Reliquary, in the form of a model of a chorten (Mchordten) in brass and set with precious stones, with small figures of the seated Buddha facing the four directions. Collected during the Lhasa Expedition 1903/4. According to correspondence (includes…

Gilded bronze statuette, monk with a shaven head, seated on a lotus base. Inscription on back.

One of six shallow boxes. This one is square and set with clusters of tiny turquoise stones. Described as one of the 'Charm Boxes' on list in Museum Report 1931-32. Original tie-on label describes them as 'Talisman' boxes for holding magic promise.

Wooden board, carved in relief and painted in red and black, motif: scroll patterns and stylised human heads.