Keep up with the latest regarding ceramics, museums, collections, archaeology, research, and more….
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Cambodia features artefacts newly returned to Cambodia featuring 99 artefacts including sandstone sculptures and jewellery.
"Au coeur de la couleur" (Unblemished colours: Chinese monochrome masterpieces 8th-18th century) is the Musée Guimet's special summer exhibition, closing 16 September 2024. For more information, visit their English-language website (https://www.guimet.fr/en/exhibitions/unblemished-colours). A selection of photos and sample texts courtesy of one of our members is posted on our "Ceramic Stories" page.
This exhibition, organised by the Society for Chinese Ceramic Studies, features Chinese ceramics from the Six dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty and is open until July 27, 2024 (closed the last Monday of the month). Opening hours are 10 am - 6 pm and admission is free. Venue: The Gallery@L3; Fort Canning Centre; 5 Cox Terrace, Singapore.
SEACS Hon. Secretary Foo Shu Tieng is also an Associate Librarian with the National Library, Singapore, and works with the Singapore and Southeast Asia collections. She has a newly published article on the two ancient gold coins that were uncovered near present-day Keppel Harbour that unfortunately vanished before they could be properly studied. Listen to the podcast that tells the story.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a former mem [...]
SEACS members can now view our January programme: a richly-illustrated talk by Dr. Li Baoping on China's blue-and-white porcelain, covering both those iconic pieces that are our earliest evidence to the remaining questions as to the when, where and how's of China's most iconic ceramic. Non-members can view the society's extensive library of previously video-recorded lectures by joining SEACS online.
The report of our November trip to Northern Thailand to visit its kil [...]
Tan Shook Fong (or 'Shook' as she was known to her many friends) wa [...]
Sixteen intrepid SEACS members led by its two Thailand-resident membe [...]
SEACS members travelling to Kuala Lumpur before the end of the year, don't miss this exhibition "Rediscovering Ancient and Contemporary Ceramics of Malacca" organised by the Museum of Asian Art, Universiti Malaya, and DSIC, open M-F, closed Sat, Sun & public holidays. Free admission.
SEACS Members are invited to attend two English public lectures by Prof Sabrina Rastelli, Professor of Chinese Art and Archeology, Ca Foscari University Venice, Italy on (1) the aesthetics of Chinese ceramics during the N. Song and Jin Dynasties, and (2) secrets of the Yaozhou Kilns revealed in recent archaeological finds. Both lectures will be conducted in English and are free.
Two ancient gold coins, probably from Aceh, were discovered in Singapore in the middle of the 19th century. Unfortunately, they disappeared a few decades later. SEACS Council member Shu Tieng FOO has researched these famed 'missing gold coins' in an article published in the Oct-Dec 2023 issue of BiblioAsia, published by the Singapore National Library. We think you'll find it as fascinating...
