East Asian section of the Objects of Instruction exhibition
Among the highlights of the East Asian section are four examples of Chinese ceramics, dating to the Northern Song, Qing and Ming dynasties, from the world-renowned collection built up by Sir Percival David (1892–1964). He also donated to SOAS Korean ceramics, such as a porcelain ‘moon jar’ and a set...
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East Asian section of the Objects of Instruction exhibition [electronic resource]. |
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| Language: | English |
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2007.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ISOAS. |
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Among the highlights of the East Asian section are four examples of Chinese ceramics, dating to the Northern Song, Qing and Ming dynasties, from the world-renowned collection built up by Sir Percival David (1892–1964). He also donated to SOAS Korean ceramics, such as a porcelain ‘moon jar’ and a set of miniature burial vessels. -- SOAS also possesses a wide range of East Asian rare books and manuscripts. -- A Japanese hand scroll painting of the mid-seventeenth century meticulously captures a procession of Korean ambassadors on their way to visit the Shogun in Edo. -- An early fourteenth century manuscript edition of a Japanese poetry anthology was elegantly brushed by hand, while a Chinese poetic commentary was block-printed by Zen monks in Kyoto in the late fourteenth century – the earliest printed book in the SOAS library. -- Other examples of woodblock printing include a rare surviving edition of the Japanese popular novel Bathhouse of the Floating World and an album of polychrome ukiyoe prints portraying Kabuki actors. -- Chinese prints record contemporary political events such as the Sino-Japanese War. |
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| Language: | English |
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2007.
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SOAS Digital Library.
ISOAS. |