Tipu’s Tiger immortalised in Clay
SEACS2022-05-31T12:25:33+08:00The story begins in the 1790s in India where the 'honourable' East India Company was struggling to maintain control....
English Heraldic Souvenir Ceramics
SEACS2022-05-26T10:10:37+08:00English heraldic souvenir ware is more commonly known as ‘crested china’ and during wartime many figurines took on personas to happily 'do their bit'!
An Unfired Pot Causes the Death of an Unfaithful Wife
SEACS2022-05-31T13:49:46+08:00A 17th Century morality tale about a potter and his two daughters, one an unfaithful wife.
In Pursuit of the Perfect Figurine of Lord Raglan
SEACS2022-05-31T14:04:08+08:00There's more than one story behind this earthenware equestrian statue of Lord Raglan (1788-1855), a hero of the Crimean War of 1854....
A Contemporary Vietnamese Ceramic Sculpture by Nguyễn Khắc Quân
SEACS2022-05-31T14:38:03+08:00A rich ash glaze oozes down from the nipple at the top of this modern sculpture, focussing on the universal issue of birth and procreation....
A Modern Kakiemon Tiger
SEACS2022-05-26T10:20:39+08:00A struggle to choose amongst the thousands of exquisite ceramics in Arita, Japan, results in the purchase of a Kakiemon tiger.
My Tang Dynasty Court Lady: A Mingqi Figurine
SEACS2022-05-31T14:19:36+08:00Tang or a 19th or 20th-century reproduction? Follow a collector's story of her search for the answer of this Tang burial figurine purchased in Hong Kong in 2007.
A Tang Dynasty Changsha Bowl
SEACS2022-06-01T17:00:44+08:00The Singapore Asian Civilisation Museum's Tang shipwreck collection of Changsha bowls inspires a docent to start collecting.
Free Downloads of interest to SEACS members
SEACS2021-10-08T14:04:44+08:00Freer and Sackler Publications available as free downloads Thanks to a [...]
Hunting the Bear: A Spode Journey
SEACS2022-05-31T16:07:37+08:00An intriguing find of a plate in an Australian auction depicting a bear hunt in an oriental setting unlocks The Blue Room, a locked space, in the Spode Museum.
A Genuine 17th century Annamese fish dish or ‘Freddie’s Folly’?
SEACS2022-05-31T14:32:53+08:00Real or a reproduction? A savvy collector collects the evidence behind a plate sold as a valuable 16th-century Annamese 'fish' dish.
An 18C Shiwan ‘Laughing Buddha’
SEACS2022-05-31T14:48:52+08:00A london shopkeeper is talked into selling an 18th-century Shiwan Laughing Buddha after insisting it was a personal piece not for sale.
