A History of Korean Ceramics
The long-awaited comprehensive book on the history of Korean ceramics! This beautiful, richly-illustrated by Beth McKillop and Jane Portal has just been published by Reaktion Books. In the words of Edmund de Waal, "This is the book on Korean ceramics we have been waiting for. It is engaging and it is magisterial. And I love it."
Dancing Lady, Rising Horse: Investigating the Mystery behind Two Curious Objects in the ACM Collection
If Singapore's Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) were threatened with destruction, and I could save only one artefact ....
The 2025 William Willetts Lecture
This year's William Willetts Lecture will be held [...]
“The Shipwreck Detective” – An article in the Nov. 11 issue of the New Yorker
The 11 November 2024 issue of The New Yorker magaz [...]
New Yixing Museum now open
The ceramic centre Yixing, famous for centuries for its highly-admired teapots, has opened a new ceramics museum on a former state-owned factory. Designed by the Japanese firm of Kengo Kuma and Associates, the new museum has been built in the form of a sleeping dragon. For more information....
A Fine Blue and White Imperial Dragon Bowl with a Unique Studio Hallmark, Qianlong Period
A collector describes a favourite acquisition: a fine blue and white dragon bowl of the Qianlong Period featuring Ming-style rendered dragons interspersed with clouds or scrolls
Marine archaeologists may have found Vasco de Gama’s shipwreck
In a remarkable discovery, researchers might have [...]
Japanese Ceramics in Chinese Style
Kindred Spirits: 100 Japanese Ceramics in Chinese Style (the Shen Zhai Collection) is a lush new volume edited by Clare Pollard that features third-generation collector-dealer and SEACS member Patrick K M Kwok's latest passion: Chinese-inspired Japanese ceramics. Together with Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art of the Ashmolean Museum, and Rose Kerr, Fukunaga Ai, and Maezaki Shinya, they have produced an elegant collectors' tome with magnificent large photographs and texts that highlight each piece's features and history. For additional information including a link to the publisher's website to order a copy continue reading.
SEACS members return from the 2024 Field Trip to Penang and Kedah
Each year, SEACS arranges a field trip to a destination of interest ranging from far-away sites such as Jingdezhen or Changsha to sites nearer home. This year we opted for Penang and Kedah, the locale of two previous field trips, to hear and see what new discoveries had been made, with a highlight stop at the archaeology laboratory at the Universiti Sains Malaysia....
Report of SEACS’ 2024 Field Trip to Penang & the Bujang Valley
Each year, SEACS organises a field & study trip to a site of local archaeological and/or ceramic interest. This year, the Society opted for a return visit to Kedah and the Bujang River area to be updated on its more recent discoveries and to visit the newly opened site museum.
SEACS President awarded a Friend of MCCY Appreciation Award
Mr. Kwa Chong Guan has been an active contributor [...]
The Tang Shipweck artefacts in London
SEACS Council member Darlene Kasten reports on Singapore's beloved 'Tang Shipwreck' artefacts on loan and now displayed in London's British Museum through 23 February 2025.
Singapore’s Tang Shipwreck Highlights now in London
A number of Singapore’s prize Tang Shipwreck arte [...]
Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum
Visitors to Hong Kong may want to visit an exhibi [...]
Congratulations to SEACS Lifetime member Low Sze Wee
We are delighted to announce that SEACS Lifetime [...]
A Talk on an Early Case of Repatriation of Looted Cultural Property
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Law School has just announced its Greater China Legal History Seminar Series for 2024-25. These talks are on ZOOM, free, in English, and open to the public. We think SEACS members may be interested in an upcoming talk (13 October, 12:30-2:00 pm HK time) on "The Gates of Kam Tin: An Early Case of Repatriation of Looted Cultural Property". For more information....
Temasek Wreck report now available for downloading from NUS
NUS Press has just released the Temasek Wreck report ["The Temasek Wreck Blue-and-White Porcelain Database: Distribution and Composition" by Dr. Michael Flecker, as part of its Southeast Asian Archaeological Site Reports. Download the report.
Save the Dates! Our Annual Ceramic (and Book) Sales will be held on two separate dates: 15 September (Part I: Books) and 21 & 22 September (Part II: Books & Ceramics)
SEACS invites its members to submit ceramics, books, magazines & related materials to its annual ceramics & book sale to be held on September 21-22, 2024. All items for sale must be properly recorded and submitted using the appropriate forms on Saturday or Sunday, 17 or 18 August. The forms may be downloaded from our website. For more information....