A five-day Conference on ‘History, Science and Technology of South Asian Ceramics’ will be held in Madras, India from 05-09 January 2024. For more information, continue reading!
Surahi or goglet, water pots were--and perhaps still are in some regions--part of life in Asia. This member recalls their popularity and tries to trace their many shapes and origins.
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.
Marine archaeologist Dr. Michael Flecker shares the stories and discoveries of the two historic shipwrecks recently found in Singapore waters: the Temasek (Yuan Dynasty) and the Shah Muncher (sank January 1796) enroute from Guangzhou to Mumbai.
The Department of Archaeology, Oriental Museum, Durham University and [...]
The story begins in the 1790s in India where the 'honourable' East India Company was struggling to maintain control....
A 17th Century morality tale about a potter and his two daughters, one an unfaithful wife.
