Our Historic Building
The South Asia Collection Museum is housed in an architectural gem, a Grade II listed Victorian roller-skating […]
Object In Focus
Mahananda by Ravi Varma
Mahananda, A Lithograph By Ravi Varma, c1920s Apart from the gods, Ravi Varma also painted […]
Jain panel, Live and Let Live
Jain panel, Live and Let Live Late 20th century India This carved and painted Jain […]
Javanese Wayang Puppetry
Despite their elaborate appearance, wayang kulit puppets are designed for shadow puppetry. Wayang kulit is […]
Bandhani textiles
Bandhani textiles Gujarat, India Bandhani is a general term applied to Indian tie-dyed textiles but […]
Woodcutters Jeypore
Woodcutters Jeypore. 1914. Etching. Mortimer Menpes We are about to launch Menpes Etchings, an exhibition […]
Chyrpy, 20th Century, Turkmenistan
This chyrpy, currently on display at The South Asia Collection, has an intricate and detailed design featuring motifs of deer, peacocks and tulips[…]
Watercolour: Badshahi Mosque by Jack Merriott
2019 marks forty years since the founding of The South Asia Collection. In a week […]
Chair: early 20th Century
Swat is a mountainous district of northern Pakistan. Traditionally, woodworkers were held in great esteem […]
Lion vahana, Goddess Durga
Lion vahana, mount of Goddess Durga Polychrome wooden sculpture, 20th century, Tamil Nadu, India We […]