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A select number of past SEACS lectures available on video as a members-only premium feature. If you are a member and having difficulty accessing a video, check that you have logged into the site. If you have not yet set your password, log-in with the same email that you used when joining SEACS and click on “Lost your password”, then follow the directions.

Care & Conservation of Ceramics at Singapore’s Heritage Conservation Centre

2023-07-31T13:10:42+08:00

A Manager of Collections Management and an Assistant Conservator of Objects orient members of the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society to the workings of Singapore's Heritage Conservation Centre (HCC) as the society's July 2023 programme. A workshop will be help as Part II for members later in the year.

Care & Conservation of Ceramics at Singapore’s Heritage Conservation Centre2023-07-31T13:10:42+08:00

Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck

2023-07-03T11:05:27+08:00

Dr. Natali Pearson traces the 9C shipwreck Belitung's 'lives and afterlives', shifting our thinking about shipwrecks beyond the popular tropes of romance, pirates, and treasure, toward an understanding of how the relationships between sites, objects, and people shape the stories we tell of the past in the present.

Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck2023-07-03T11:05:27+08:00

Leaping the Dragon Gate: Transitional Ceramics

2023-05-15T12:38:36+08:00

Dr. Teresa Canepa and Katherine Butler introduce the results of their meticulous research of Sir Michael Butler's collection of transitional ceramics, which includes most types of porcelain produced at Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi province, during the 17th century and includes Late Ming, High Transitional, Shunzhi, Early Kangxi, Mid-Late Kangxi, Monochromes, and Famille Verte, as well as disputed pieces.

Leaping the Dragon Gate: Transitional Ceramics2023-05-15T12:38:36+08:00

Building the Freer|Sackler Collections of Ceramics in Southeast Asia

2023-04-06T13:47:02+08:00

An introduction by Curator Emerita Louise Allison Cort to the Freer|Sackler collection of Southeast Asian ceramics serves as an excellent introduction to the very topic of the region's ceramics as it covers categories, methodologies and other basics to facilitate and appreciate the region's rich and vast ceramics heritage.

Building the Freer|Sackler Collections of Ceramics in Southeast Asia2023-04-06T13:47:02+08:00

The Maritime World of 16th Century Philippines: The Shipwreck Evidence

2023-03-24T14:58:10+08:00

Sr. Museum Researcher Bobby C. Orillaneda introduces the maritime world of 16th Century Philippines that reoriented the region's maritime network circuits, followed by the examination of some specific shipwrecks and their cargoes including the Española and the San Diego.

The Maritime World of 16th Century Philippines: The Shipwreck Evidence2023-03-24T14:58:10+08:00

Kitchen Ch’ing Porcelain made in Hong Kong

2023-02-20T15:01:58+08:00

In the society's 24th William Willetts Lecture, Professor Peter Lee introduces the popular-amongst-overseas Chinese blue & white ceramics known as Kitchen Ch'ing, with reference to a HK New Territories' site located in Tai Po, and similar items found in SEA shipwrecks.

Kitchen Ch’ing Porcelain made in Hong Kong2023-02-20T15:01:58+08:00

In Praise of Teapots

2022-12-17T10:47:01+08:00

SEACS member and collector Tim Clark covers the origin and development of the teapot in China. Once the dedicated function of this pouring vessel was established, the potters of Yixing unleashed their creativity in expressing its myriad forms. This led to a beautiful marriage of form and function which inspired potters in England to make their own impact on this artform.

In Praise of Teapots2022-12-17T10:47:01+08:00

External Influences in Siamese Court Culture

2022-12-16T17:16:59+08:00

Atypical patterns such as Buddhist symbols and motifs, together with Islamic and Indo-Persian stylistic influences can be puzzling discoveries on Chinese export ceramics. Jeffery Sng and Pimpraphai Bisalputra introduce one such discovery found in Thailand--a 17th century Chinese export ware to Southeast Asia.

External Influences in Siamese Court Culture2022-12-16T17:16:59+08:00

Later Japanese Ceramics in Southeast Asia

2022-10-23T10:48:21+08:00

Jaap Otte presents his findings on Japanese ceramics from the 19th and first half of the 20th century exported to Southeast including architecturally-used ceramics, 'bartmann' jugs, water storage jars from Hizen, Nagasaki ware bottles, Arita porcelain, Awaji porcelain, and industrial earthenware and porcelain.

Later Japanese Ceramics in Southeast Asia2022-10-23T10:48:21+08:00

Japanese Hizen (Imari) ware in Southeast Asia

2022-07-16T13:59:09+08:00

Large amounts of Hizen (Imari) ware have been found throughout Southeast Asia, especially at such archaeological sites as Banten Lama, Tirtayasa and Trowulan in Java. Dr. Sakai shares three decades of surprising finds in this richly illustrated talk to SEACS members 15 July 2022.

Japanese Hizen (Imari) ware in Southeast Asia2022-07-16T13:59:09+08:00

Angkor Stoneware Production

2022-07-08T14:36:57+08:00

Dr. Ea Darith, Director, Department of Conservation and Archaeology, National Authority for Preah Vihear (NAPV) Cambodia, shares with SEACS members his findings from years of field research in Angkor and identifies two distinct periods of stoneware production.

Angkor Stoneware Production2022-07-08T14:36:57+08:00

Ceramic Assemblages from Shipwrecks in Southeast Asia from the last half of the Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries

2022-05-26T09:41:28+08:00

Khun Atthasit Sukkham, Asst. Curator of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum (Bangkok), looks at six shipwrecks found in Southeast Asian waters from the last half of the 18th century to the early 20th century in a SEACS talk held on 17 May 2022.

Ceramic Assemblages from Shipwrecks in Southeast Asia from the last half of the Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Centuries2022-05-26T09:41:28+08:00
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