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APRIL 2018

Cover: Are HK Spring Sales Still on the March?

Profile: Filippino artist Marina Cruz. The Terracotta Army is in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Vanishing Stepwells of India. A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran, Persian silver on display in Washington DC. Jumaadi – Indonesian artist and rescuer of Javanese antique houses. Rembrandt and the inspiration of India, at the Getty in Los Angeles. Divine Bodies, the power of transformation, on show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Unknown Tibet, The Tucci Expeditions, thangkas from an important Italian Collection, on show at Asia Society, New York. Balinese Textiles, the power of faith. Secrets of the Lacquer Buddha reveals how these early Buddhas were made in Southeast Asia. Into the Fold, contemporary Japanese ceramics on show in Kansas. Nineteenth-century Japanese prints in Oregon. Early photographs of China and Siam by John Thomson, in London. Islamic Arts Diary.

UNKNOWN TIBET

March 29, 2018Administrator
Dorje Jigje, 15th century, Narthang, Tsang (South-Central Tibet), tradition: Sakya, pigments on cloth. All images courtesy of the Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale - Giuseppe Tucci, Rome, unless otherwise indicated

This is a truly unique exhibition in that it revolves around the most remarkable 20th-century personality in the field of Tibetan scholarship, Giuseppe Tucci (1894-1984), considered the father of modern Tibetan studies. He had been deeply troubled by the overwhelming… Continue reading →

APRIL 2018, Current Issue

TERRACOTTA ARMY

March 29, 2018Administrator
Kneeling Archer, Qin dynasty (221–206 BC), earthenware, Excavated from Pit 2, Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum, 1977, Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum

In the twenty-sixth year [221 BC], the Emperor united all vassal states under heaven and the people are in great peace. The title of Emperor is established and the edict is issued to chancellors [Wei] Zhuang and [Wang] Wan to… Continue reading →

APRIL 2018, Current Issue

REMBRANDT AND THE MUGHALS

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Jahangir by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), about 1656, brown ink on paper, unframed 18.3 x 12 cm. Credit: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Think of the work of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, and rapturous Biblical scenes spring to mind, alongside rich snapshots from Greek mythology, etchings of everyday life in the Netherlands, andΒ  – of course – his many round-nosed self-portraits. Rembrandt is… Continue reading →

APRIL 2018, Current Issue

CHINA AND SIAM

March 29, 2018Administrator
Thomson with two Manchu Soldiers, Xiamen, Fujian in 1871. Thomson rarely appeared in his own photographs, he is seen here in Amoy (Xiamen) which was then on the southern frontier of the Qing empire. By juxtaposing himself with the Manchu soldiers, he was possibly trying to show that the city had fallen into the hands of outsiders: The Manchu and the Europeans. In 1842, the Qing government were forced to grant the British the right to trade freely in Amoy, but continued to station its own army there. All images courtesy Wellcome Library, London

The first London exhibition devoted to the Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) and his photography in Asia is currently on view from 13 April to 23 June at the Brunei Gallery at SOAS. Thomson’s photography of China, Siam (Thailand) and… Continue reading →

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