Private Guided Tours of the “Manila Galleon” Special Exhibition at ACM for SEACS Members
More than a dozen SEACS members joined with members of the Harvard Al [...]
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Monday, 12 February – SEACS’ Annual Chinese New Year Open House for Members
Save the date and join your fellow SEACS members at our annual Chinese New Year Open House. Date: the 3rd day of CNY, the traditional day of visiting friends (12 February 2024). Time: 4:00-6:30 pm. Location: To be announced. There will be Chinese New Year treats (and beverages with which to toast in the new year). Families and children welcome. Singapore resident members will receive more information closer to the date.
Our January 7 programme was a ZOOM talk on Yuan Blue & White ceramics by Dr. LI Baoping (6:00 pm SGT)
Dr. Li's talk will be on the world’s earliest blue-and-white porcelain: its significance, global distribution, and remaining questions. Dr. Li specializes in Chinese ceramics and their global distribution. His research involves collaboration with curators, scholars, artists, collectors and archaeologists across China and the world. Join us for this exciting update on China's most beloved B&W ceramics.
SEACS Members’ Field Trip to the kilns of Sukhothai & Si Satchanalai, Thailand – Nov. 9-11, 2023
November 9-11 SEACS has arranged a special members -only field trip to the kilns and historic sites of Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai in northern Thailand with two renowned experts of Thai ceramics. Full details including the trip itinerary, costs, and application forms are now available. Registration is on a first-come, first-accepted basis.
A Special Workshop for SEACS Members – Friday, 27 October 2023, 1-3 pm
Singapore's Heritage Conservation Centre is hosting a very special two-hour workshop for SEACS members Friday, 27 October, 1-3 pm. For more details continue here ....
Back by Popular Demand: A Tour of the Ft. Canning Ceramic Exhibition on 24 September
We were so sorry to disappoint our many members who didn't make the previous tour of the Ft.Canning Ceramic Exhibition so beautifully curated and presented by The Society for Chinese Ceramics Studies, that we are offering our members & their families a second chance to tour the exhibition on Sunday afternoon, September 24 at 3:00 pm. Sign up a.s.a.p. to avoid being disappointed again! More details follow....
Sept. 2-3: Members’ Ceramic Sale!
Wondering why there's no usual August event, it's because we've been busy preparing for our annual 'Members Ceramic Sale'!
A Zoom Presentation Live from Singapore’s Heritage Conservation Centre (HCC)
Learn how some 65,000 ceramics in Singapore's National Collection are managed and cared for at the HCC. Join us online to gain insight on the journey that newly acquired ceramics go through when they enter the National Collection – from accessioning, to storage, to being conserved and prepared for display.
Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck
The Tang Dynasty-era shipwreck continues to be the centre of attention. In this talk, author Dr. Natali Pearson will focus on the new knowledge it has bought to the surface about the maritime silk road as well as the controversies that have accompanied the ship and its cargo's discovery and display. She will be followed by a presentation by Tim Winter and a discussion moderated by the Society's president, Kwa Chong Guan.
Leaping the Dragon Gate: The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain
Dr. Teresa Canepa introduced the most important collection of seventeenth-century Chinese porcelain in the world, assembled by the distinguished British diplomat Sir Michael Butler (1927–2013). Butler’s lavish collection covers most types of porcelain produced at Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi Province, during the seventeenth century known as the ‘Transitional Period’ between the ceasing of production of the Imperial kilns in 1608 to the reinstatement of Imperial supervisors in 1683.
The Maritime World of 16th Century Philippines: The Shipwreck Evidence
The Maritime history of 16th century Philippines as explored through its shipwrecks and the cargoes they carried came alive in this SEACS presentation by Senior Museum Researcher Bobby C. Orillaneda.
Peter Lam on Kitchen Ch’ing Porcelain – The William Willetts Lecture 2023
Virtual Event
SEACS members and their guests attended this long-awaited talk by ceramics expert Peter Lam on 'Kitchen Ch'ing porcelain made in Hong Kong'. Professor Lam introduced the 'Kitchen Ch'ing' blue and white kiln site in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong focusing on its dating, type-forms and context comparing it to similar items found from SEA shipwrecks and sites that were familiar to many SEACS members, and providing references for newcomers to the topic of 'Kitchen Ch'ing' ceramics.