Art Collection of Trinity College
In 1896, George William Rusden gave 50 pounds to the College for the purpose of establishing the first College Museum. In addition, he presented the College with an eclectic assortment of curiosities which formed the core of the museum's collection. In honour of the donor, the Trinity College Council resolved to name the collection "The Rusden Museum".
These are some of the treasures that are exhibited on special occasions.
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Japanese eggshell porcelain painted with Samurai warriors 19th Century |
Carved ivory Netsuke of a single-horned grotesque (kylin) crouching over a ball |
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Soapstone winepot engraved with prunus blossom i high relief with a bird knop 19th Century |
Cantonese enamel dish of lobed sape painted with dragons and clouds on a blue ground late 18th Century |
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Cantonese enamel saucer painted in polychrome with European figures in an Oriental landscape late 18th Century |
Five case Inro in gold lacquer on a brown ground, with a tiger crouching beneath wind lashed bamboo, with a carved ivory netsuke of a water buffalo with horn eyes and a tiger-eye beard |