The Perth Museum, managed by Culture Perth and Kinross as well as the Perth and Kinross Council, holds a collection of Chinese objects, including a set of armour with lacquered plates, fine ornamentation and detailed embroidery of four-clawed dragons among other auspicious motifs. Donated by Melville Jamieson Gray (1848-1946) in 1946, the intricate design suggests that the armour belonged to a high-ranking Qing (1644-1911) commander and may have been used for ceremonial parades to show Qing military might, not unlike a contemporary military tattoo.

The collection also includes a blue-and-purple silk robe for women, probably made in the Qing dynasty for export markets. There is also a collection of jade bangles, amulets and plaques, with the plaque in particular being part of a man’s jade belt set during the Qing dynasty. In 1958, Dr Hay-Neave donated his collection of glass snuff bottles of the late 19th to the early 20th century to the museum.