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Intaglios, Cameos, Rings and Related Objects from Burma and Java: The White Collection and a further small private collection

by Sheila E. Hoey Middleton

The subject of this study is a collection of over one hundred intaglios, cameos, seals and rings acquired by Tom and Danielle White during a diplomatic posting in Burma (Myanmar) between 1985 and 1989. (Another private collection of intaglios, seals, sealings and other objects from Burma is described briefly in the Appendix.) Twenty rings from Java, also from the White collection, have been added at the end of the catalogue. Until now the few engraved gems from Burma which have been published are scattered through periodicals or only briefly mentioned in larger works. The opportunity has been taken in the present catalogue to compare, where possible, this collection from Burma with intaglios, sealings, coins and other objects from India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and elsewhere which may help to set this collection in its regional context. In Part B of the introduction brief descriptions are given of the main Pyu sites in Burma; and of the other 'Indianised' sites in Arakan and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, where engraved gems have been found. 204p, many b/w illus, some col illus (BAR 1405, Archaeopress 2005)

Review Quotes

"provides the model and standard for further study,"

John Boardman
South Asian Studies (2006)

"The standard of scholarship displayed is exemplary, as is the production... Nobody interested in the further reaches of Indo-European life and cult can afford to pass this book by."

Martin Henig
The Antiquaries Journal (2006)

"A most useful and scholarly catalogue,... The smallness of the objects bellies their enormous historical and cultural significance for the transmission and exchange of ideas over a vast geographical region of the globe."

Pratapaditya Pal
MARG (2006)

"an important contribution to our knowledge of Pyu culture,"

Pamela Gutman
Journal of the Siam Society (2006)

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