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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.

52 pieces

  • 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

  • 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

  • Plaques "Mara's warriors"

    Terracota, glazed
    Three plaques
    Bago (Pegu)
    15th century (late)

    Inv. CA-CFC. 139, 140, 141

  • 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

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