Myanmar
ROOM – 22
The early kingdoms of Myanmar
In the early first millennium AD, the Pyu people, ethnolinguistically related to the Tibetans, and the Mon, related to the Cambodian Khmer, established the first two polities to emerge in Burma, modern-day Myanmar. The Pyu favoured the Buddhist faith. Like those in Thailand, the Mon in southern Myanmar were early adopters of the Buddhist faith, favouring the Theravada Buddhism.
During the 9th century, the Mranma, an ethnic group from the northeast entered along the Irrawaddy valley; like the Pyu, this people was related to the Tibetans. The Mranma settled mainly in Upper Myanmar and made the former Pyu area of Bagan their capital for approximately three hundred years (about 11th to 13th centur.). During this period, the newcomers gradually absorbed the long established Pyu. Bagan witnessed a boom in construction of nearly 3,000 religious related structures, a development the Buddhist world had seen neither before nor since. In the 14th century the capital moved upriver to Ava, or Inwa, after which, temple construction at Pagan slowed dramatically. In the 19th c., the capital was again relocated to nearby Mandalay.
Alms bowl
Iron, thayo work and lacquer Shan State Colonial Period, 20th c. (1st quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 680
Betel box
Bamboo, lacquer Konbaung period, 19th c. (1st half) Inv. CA-CFC. 693
Betel box
Bamboo, lacquer Shan State Konbaung period, 19th (last quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 702
Betel box
Bamboo, lacquer Bagan Konbaung Period, mid-19th c.(mid) Inv.CA-CFC. 705
Betel box
Bamboo, lacquer Laihka, Shan State Konbaung Period, 19th c. (last quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 710
Betel box
Bamboo, lacquer, gold Bagan (?) Colonial period, 20th c. (early) Inv. CA-CFC.756
Betel box
Bamboo, lacquer Bagan Konbaung period, 19th c. (last quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 712
Betel box
Bamboo and lacquer Signed Hsaya Htwa Colonial period, 20th c. (early) Inv. CA-CFC. 716
Bowl
Stoneware, glaze Ava Period 16th c. Inv. CA-CFC.157
Bowl
Stoneware, glaze Ava Period Shwebo 16th–17th c. Inv. CA-CFC.147
Bowl with Windasara Jataka scenes
Silver, repoussé, chased, incised Pye (Prome) Colonial period, dated 1898 Inv. CA-CFC.871
Box
Bamboo, lacquer Bagan Konbaung Period, 19th c. (last quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 752
Casket
Wood, gold leaf, lacquer Konbaung period, 20th c. (last quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 760
Dish
Stoneware, celadon glaze Ava Period 15th/16th c. Inv. CA-CFC.148
Dish
Stoneware, celadon glaze 15th/ 16th c. Inv. CA-CFC.152
Dish
Stoneware, glazed Shwebo Ava Period Inv. CA-CFC.145
Dish
Stoneware, glazed Ava Period 15th/16th c. Inv. CA-CFC.156
Dish
Stoneware, glazed Ava Period 16th c. Inv. CA-CFC.158
Dish
Stoneware, celadon glaze Ava Period 15th/ 16th c. Inv. CA-CFC.150
Dish
Stoneware, celadon glaze Ava Period 15th/16th c. Inv. CA-CFC.154
Document box
Wood, lacquer Bagan Konbaung period, 19th c. (mid) Inv. CA-CFC. 753
Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
Wood, lacquer, gold Bagan period 11th c. Inv. CA-CFC.451
Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
Wood, lacquer, gold Bagan period 12th–13th c. Inv. CA-CFC.452
Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
Bronze, silver, brass, ouro Konbaung period 18th c. Inv. CA-CFC.461
Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni subduing Mara
Dry lacquer, gold Konbaung period, 19th c. Inv. CA-CFC.462
Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni subduing Mara
Gilt, bronze Ava period, 16th c. Inv. CFC.82
Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni with disciples
Bronze Ava period , 16th c. Inv. CA-CFC.454
Figure of Crowned Buddha
Bronze Ava period, 17th–18th c. Inv. CA-CFC.457
Footprint of the Buddha (buddhapada)
Stone, lacquer Ava period 16th–17th c. Inv. CA-CFC.453
Jar
Earthenware, glaze Unknown date Inv. CA-CFC.143
Large box
Rattan, wood, thayo, gold, glass lacquer Mandalay Konbaung period, 19th c. (2nd half) Inv. CA-CFC. 679
Manuscript (kammawa-za)
Wood, copper, lacquer, gold Konbaung period 19th c. (early) Inv. CA-CFC.891
Mara’s warriors
Three plaques Terracota, glazed Bago (Pegu) 15th century (late) Inv. CA-CFC.140 Inv. CA-CFC.139 Inv. CA-CFC.141
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Teak wood, metal, mica, thayo lacquer Konbaung period, 19th c. (mid) Inv. CA-CFC. 642
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Wood, glass, thayo, lacquer, gold Konbaung period, 19th c. (2nd half) Inv. CA-CFC.643
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Wood, lacquer, goldleaf Myinkaba, Bagan Konbaung period, dated 1865 Inv.CA-CFC.644
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Teak wood, lacquer Shan State Konbaung period, 19th c. (last quarter) Inv. CA-CFC.645
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Wood, lacquer, thayo, mica, glass gold Mandalay Colonial Period, 20th c. (early) Inv. CA-CFC. 653
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Wood, lacquer, gold Shan State Colonial Period, 20th c. (early) Inv. CA-CFC. 654
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Bamboo, wood, thayo, lacquer, gold Shan State Colonial Period, 20th c. (early) Inv. CA-CFC. 655
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Bamboo, lacquer, pigments Bagan Colonial Period, 20th c. (early) Inv. CA-CFC. 667
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Bamboo, wood, lacquer Shan State Colonial Period, 20th (1st quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 688
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Bamboo, wood, thayo, lacquer Shan State Colonial period, 20th c. (early) Inv. CA-CFC. 648
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Bamboo, lacquer, gold pigment Bagan Konbaung period, 19th c.(last quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 666
Offering vessel (hsun ok)
Bamboo, lacquer, gold pigment Bagan Colonial Period, 19th c. (last quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 681
Pair of offering vessels (hsun ok)
Wood, lacquer, gold Bagan (probably) Konbaung period, 19th c. (late) Inv. CA-CFC.657.1
Storage jar
Stoneware, glazed Kingdom Mon, Bago Martaban (probably) 16th–17th century Inv. CA-CFC.142
Sutra box with manuscript
Wood, lacquer, cotton, thayo, gold, silver, mica, glass Bagan, Colonial period 20th c.(early) Inv. CA-CFC.893.12
Sutra cabinet
Teak wood, thayo, mirrored glass, stones, lacquer, gold Konbaung period, 19th c. Inv. CA-CFC. 817
Table
Bamboo, thayo, lacquer Shan State Colonial Period, 20th c. (1st quarter) Inv. CA-CFC. 742.
Three zodiac figures
Wood, pigments Mandalay Konbaung period , 19th c. (2nd half) Inv.CA-CFC.465.1.2.3
Water vase
Bamboo and lacquer Bagan Konbaung period, 19 th c. (3rd quarter) Inv. CA-CFC.764
