Vietnamese Ceramics in the Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore)
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China’s Role in Indian Ocean Trade 5-20C
The Department of Archaeology, Oriental Museum, Durham University and [...]
Secrets of the Thăng Long Imperial Citadel in Hà Nội Revealed
Two Conferences to share research on Hanoi's famous Thǎng Long Citadel [...]
A 1921 Account of a Local Burmese Pottery
A collector's interest is piqued when he discovers an 1897 reprint of a late 19th century book on Burma written by George Bird.
Japanese Ceramics: Spellbound by the Kiln Gods
An introduction to Bizen, Shigaraki and Echize: three centres of ceramics production belonging to the 'Six Old Kilns of Japan'.
Late 19C British transfer-printed ceramic plates found in Musi River in Indonesia
How did three British-made plates come to be found by divers in the Musi River?....
Thailand’s Phanom-Surin Shipwreck
The 28-meter long Phanom-Surin shipwreck (PNS) recently found in the upper Gulf of Thailand dates roughly to the same period as Singapore’s ‘Tang shipwreck’, the Belitung, but unfortunately was cargo-less. Read more about this remarkable find and the handful of ceramics that were found with it....
How Bernard Leach taught the Japanese to make handles
Japanese pots, bowls, cups and other ceramics rarely had handles until recently....
St. Ignatius of Loyola tea bowl and saucer
The original inspiration for this depiction of Saint Ignatius was an oil-on-canvas painting by the great Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens....
Farewell to Underwater Archaeologist Sheldon Clyde Jago-on (1971-2021)
We have lost another great maritime archaeologist: Sheldon Clyde Jago-on, who passed away 9 March 2021. Clyde was the Curator of the Archaeology Division and a former Officer in Charge of the Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage division of the National Museum of the Philippines.
Tipu’s Tiger immortalised in Clay
The story begins in the 1790s in India where the 'honourable' East India Company was struggling to maintain control....
A Surprising Find: A Rare Ru Ware Brush Washer discovered in a Dresden Museum
During a review of the digital catalogue of the porcelain collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD), one piece caught Chinese ceramic expert Regina Krahl's special attention....