On Sunday 21 August, the Gardens, Animal Walk, Butterfly House and UrbanCrazy Golf will be closed for The Original Jerk Cookout. Visitors to the Museum will need to use the London Road gates.
A set of five carved jade boy figures dressed in tunics. Two are kneeling and three are standing. Each is holding something in his hand: one has a cloth, one an ink stone, and one a lidded teacup on a tray. For the other two boys the object is missing. The depiction of five boys forms a rebus of 'wu zi deng ke', 'may all your sons turn out to be officials'.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
If you have any further information about objects in our collections or can suggest corrections to our information, please contact us: enquiry@horniman.ac.uk
