China
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 2,500 objects from China. This collection, one of the most comprehensive of its kind in Europe, encompasses the arts of Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism. It comprises objects such as funerary art, jade, bronzes, ceramics, textiles, musical instruments, painting, roof tiles, religious images, prints and wooden sculpture and furniture. Amongst the most important materials are the collections of earthenware, ceramic, and porcelain pottery made for funerary, domestic and export purposes and ritualistic, utilitarian and archaistic bronzes. The majority of the collection derives from Sir William Burrell’s gift to Glasgow in 1944. The Burrell Collection is unique as it was acquired by a sole collector and essentially traces the artistic development of China from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty. In addition to items in the Burrell Collection there is ethnographic material such as maps, compasses, textiles, coins, paper, calligraphy, boat models, clothing, footwear and offertory goods donated by British missionaries who travelled to China in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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