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A Woman Playing a Sheng. Watercolour. Guangzhou, China, c.1800-40.

A Woman Playing a Guitar or San Xian. Watercolour. Guangzhou, China, c.1800-40.

A Woman Playing a Lute or Qin. Watercolour. Guangzhou, China, c.1800-40.

Opium Bed. Watercolour. Anonymous, Guangzhou, China, c.1880.

Serving dish depicting the Vision of Saint John, by Jean Court. Porcelain. Limoges, France, c.1560-80.

A Peep Behind the Curtain at Drury Lane, by James Sayers (1748-1823). Hand-coloured etching. England, 1789.

Man's waistcoat with floral design. Brocaded silk. Spitalfields, London, England, c.1734.

Tipu's Tiger. Painted wood with metal fixtures. Mysore, India, c.1793.

Tipu's Tiger. Painted wood with metal fixtures. Mysore, India, c.1793.

Tipu's Tiger. Painted wood with metal fixtures. Mysore, India, c.1793.

Robe with the sleeves borders and the lower part decorated with bands. Cotton. Hokkaido, Japan, mid-19th century.

Harvesting opium from poppies under the branches of a banyan tree, by William Simpson. Watercolour. Malwa, India, 1865.

Cabinet, designed by George Washington Jack (1855-1932), manufacturated by Morris & Co. Wood. London, c.1893.

Music sheet cover of the opera Mazeppa. Lithograph. England, 1865.

The Mandrill at the Royal Menagerie in the King's Mews, later transferred to a zoo in Regent's Park. Lithograph. London, England, 1830.

Clara Webster (1821-44) as Agnes in The Beauty of Ghent, published by L'Enfant. Print. London, England, c.1844.

Counter box with busts of Dauphin Louis Ferdinand (1729-65) and Dauphine Marie Josephe de Saxe (1731-67), probably by Mariaval le Jeune. Wood. France...

A Pandaram woman. Gouache on paper painting. Hyderabad, India, 1740.

Netsuke figure of a Dutchman holding a dog. Carved ivory. Japan, 18th century.

Stone cutter, attributed to Puqua. Watercolour. Canton, China, c.1790.

Panel of stained glass depicting The Annunciation to Saint Anne. Styria, Austria, c.1350-55.

Jewish marriage ring. Gold. Possibly Germany, 18th-19th century.

Carpet fragment. Hand-knotted silk pile on woollen warp and silk weft with brocaded metal threads. Persia, 16th century.

Marble slab cabinet, by Adam Weisweiler (1744-1820). Wood. Paris, France, c.1770-80.

Panel with five four-clawed dragons. Satin and silk. China, 1800-1930.

Lyre-shape clock, by Louis Mynuel. Metal. France, Paris, c.1710.

Right hand drawer's writing box from an embroidery stand, by Jansen. Wood. France, 1770-80.

Netsuke masks of Shojo, Kijo and Okina. Carved wood. Japan, 18th-19th century.

Crosier. Silver. Antwerp, Belgium, c.1650.

Netsuke figure of the animals of the zodiac, by Ipposai. Carved ivory. Japan, c.1825-95.

Netsuke figure of a Dutchman clutching a moneybag. Carved ivory. Japan, 18th century.

Netsuke of two quails on millet, by Okatori. Carved ivory. Japan, c.1775-1825.

Netsuke of a tiger, by Tomin. Carved wood. Japan, c.1750-1850.

Netsuke figure of a badger wrapped in a lotus leaf. Carved wood. Japan, 19th century.

Figure of a rat or Netsuke. Carved wood. Japan, 19th century.

Fumoir en Laque, by Jean Dunand (1877-1942), from Une Ambassade Francais, by Jean Saude, published by Charles Moreau. Print. Paris, France, c.1925.

Design with bright coloured flowers and fruits, from an album of designs for woven silk, by James Leman (1685-1745). Watercolour. Spitalfields, Englan...

Design depicting a peacock, a woman in a carriage, coloured flowers and roundels, from an album of designs for woven silk, by James Leman (1685-1745)....

Design for a woven silk, by Joseph Dandridge (1666-1747). Watercolour. England, 1720.

Design for a woven silk, by Joseph Dandridge (1666-1747). Watercolour. England, 1720.

Textile design, by Joseph Dandridge (1666-1747). Watercolour. Spitalfields, London, England, 1719.

Textile design, by James Leman (1685-1745) or Christopher Baudouin (1660-1739). Watercolour. Spitalfields, London, England, 1720.

Textile design, by James Leman (1685-1745). Watercolour. England, c.1718-19.

Textile design, by James Leman (1685-1745). Watercolour. Spitalfields, London, England, 1719.

Collar with an embroidered belt, by Jessie Newbery (1864-1948). Silk. Glasgow, Scotland, c.1900.

Grand Salon, from the book Interieurs en couleur, designed by Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (1879-1933). Print. Paris, France, c.1926.

Graphic design featuring a modern steam ship in harbour as seen through a draped arched window, from Quarante-deux Motifs Decoratifs, by Edouard Bened...

Book Plate 20, from Nouvelle Variations, by Edouard Benedictus (1879-1930). Print. Paris, France, 1929.

Book Plate 11, from Variations, by Edouard Benedictus (1879-1930). Print. Paris, France, 1929.

Book Plate 5, from Variations, by Edouard Benedictus (1879-1930). Print. Paris, France, 1929.