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Event: 15 July 2020
Lecture: Navigating the Art Auction Ecosystem by Andrew Nai 7pm Wednesday,15 July A virtual meeting held on ZOOM...
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Kraak from the Wanli Shipwreck
Kraak from the Wanli Shipwreck Contributed by Mathew Welch A type VIII kraak saucer, dated to c. 1625 from...
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Hunting the Bear
Hunting the Bear By Margaret White, Overseas SEACS Member My story concerns the purchase of a blue and white...
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‘Freddie’s Folly’
By Freddie Oh, SEACS Member ‘Freddie’s Folly’ (Large 17C Vietnamese blue-white fish dish reproduction. Catfish swimming among water plants...
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A Shiwan ‘Laughing Buddha’
By Ng Seng Leong, SEACS member, and author of Culture in Clay: Symbolism & Iconography in Chinese Ceramics “During...
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Collecting Contemporary Ceramics
Contributed by Bernadette Rankine, Director for Southeast Asia, Bonhams I am not a ceramics expert, nor do I have...
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A charming pair of ribbed lai nam thong lidded pots
Contributed by Paul Bromberg, Editor of Journal of the Siam Society, Contributing Editor to Arts of Asia magazine and author of THAI SILVER...
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From ‘Made in Malaysia’ to ‘Made in Singapore’?
by Low Sze Wee, CEO Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre and SEACS Life Member When I was in my teens,...
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A Short Story about a Ceramic Plate
By Pauline Ong, Life member of SEACS This plate was made in the summer of 1939 in Jingdezhen, China....
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How Yixing made me even pottier about Teapots
By Tim Clark (SEACS Councillor) I have built up a large collection of old English teapots in England. And I...
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A Sulawesi Trade Ware Collection
A Sulawesi Trade Ware Collection Submitted by Ed Conyngham, a career Foreign Service Officer and ‘Old Asia Hand’ The...
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A Qing Dynasty, Xuantong Mark and Period Pair of Wine Cups with a rare Studio Hallmark
Contributed by Andrew Nai, SEACS Vice-President (2017-2018) In June 2013, I bought from an art auction house in Melbourne,...
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A Covered Cricket Container, Replica of Qing Dynasty (Xuande Period)
A Covered Cricket Container, replica of Qing Dynasty (Xuande Period) Contributed by Marjorie Chu (SEACS President 2005-2008 This is...
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A Si Satchanalai Figurine in the form of an Elephant with a Rider and Keepers
By Khun Atthasit Sukkham, Assistant Curator, Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum of Bangkok University, Thailand Late Si Satchanalai figure in...
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A Sankampaeng Ceramic Bowl
By Ruth Gerson, freelance author Sankampaeng is a village in northern Thailand where ceramics were made between the 14th...
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A Cretan Clay Bull
By Prof Keith Branigan, Emeritus Professor, Department of Archaeology, The University of Sheffield, U.K. Cretan clay bull. Image available...
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A Lotus-Leaf Longquan Bowl
A Lotus-Leaf Longquan Bowl Contributed by Johanes H. Rizal, SEACS Vice-President (2018) Dimensions: Diameter 12.0cm and Height 5.5cm While...
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Chinese Ceramic Spoons
The Beauty of Chinese Ceramic Spoons is Not Skin Deep* By Lam Pin Foo, SEACS President (1991-2001) ...
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A Dehua (Blanc de Chine) Seal-paste Box
By Kenson Kwok, Founding Director, Asian Civilisations Museum and SEACS President (1990-1992) Figure 1 Figure 2 Acq. No. 2000-03404...
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A Kangxi Period Porcelain Buckle
Contributed by Lim Yah Chiew, SEACS Councillor (2002-2019) This porcelain buckle was produced in the early Qing dynasty during...
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A Famille Rose Octagonal ‘Bagua’ Stem Dish, Iron-Red Tongzhi Seal Mark
By Ingrid C. Hanson, SEACS President (2012-2016) A wedding gift from TG Ling, from his late wife’s collection, is...
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A Khmer Discard
Contributed by Dawn F. Rooney, Scholar, Art Historian, Author (Southeast Asian Specialty) In 1971, the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society-Singapore...
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A Modern Burmese Chicken-headed Ewer
Contributed by Patricia Bjaaland Welch, SEACS Life Member and President (2017-2020) My Burmese teapot Fig. 2...
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A Ming Dynasty, Jiajing Mark Imperial Yellow Bowl
Contributed by Alvin Chia, SEACS President (2008-2011) In 1989, a friend passed me a Sotheby’s catalogue of the...
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Qing Dynasty, Xuantong Mark and Period Pair of Wine Cups with a Unique Studio Hallmark
Qing Dynasty, Xuantong Mark and Period Pair of Wine Cups with a Rare Studio Hallmark Contributed by Andrew Nai,...