Vietnamese ceramics

Asian Shipwrecks: The Hoi-An Hoard

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Blue-and-white jar, approximately 1450–1500, Northern Vietnam; Chu Dau, stoneware with cobalt decoration under glaze, gift of David and Mary Bromwell © Asian Art Museum

The usual reaction to the mention of Western shipwrecks is that one most commonly thinks of Spanish 16th- and 17th-century treasure galleons that originated in the Spanish colonies in the New World and were sunk by hurricanes along the middle of… Continue reading →

Southeast Asian Ceramics: Passion for Form

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Southeast Asian ceramics, Drum, bronze, 23 x 28 cm,1st century BC, Dong Son Culture, Vietnam

The concurrent exhibition, Passion for Form (from the MacLean Collection) blends seamlessly with Southeast Asian Ceramics from the Collection of James E Breece, III, because of their two different approaches to the early arts of Southeast Asia. The Passion exhibition… Continue reading →