I’m Talking to a Jade Circle
I’m giving a lecture to the “Jade Circle” of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum on the 15th of July in Ubud. Donors who make significant financial contributions to the museum are granted membership in...
View ArticleBetter Than Bling: Pyu Gold
The Pyu Empire was a network of city-states which held power in what is now Burma, from the 3rd to the 9th century AD. The Pyu were Buddhists, and had a rich material culture which left behind, among...
View ArticleBactrian Gold on Tour in America
This is a dazzling travelling exhibition not to be missed. Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul is touring US museums until September of next year. The show includes over 200 pieces dating...
View ArticlePure Form in Gold @ Joe Loux
Asian and tribal art dealer Joe Loux offers a piece of pure form among new acquisitions just posted on his site. This Han period gold torque from Southwest China, mounted on a metal stand, weighs 169...
View ArticleGet a Grip
Tribal art dealer, Mark Johnson has just added an unusual bronze grip to his website. He indicates it was excavated in Java and is approximately 2,000 years old, dating from the Indonesian bronze age,...
View ArticleRoger W. Hollander, Irma Lake, and “Buffalo Bill” Gates
Last June I heard that Bill Gates bought Irma Lake Ranch (above), the property of a dear friend of mine, Roger W. Hollander. I was happy to hear the news. I loved the place, and will never forget the...
View ArticleOff Topic: Bowled Over by a Pair of Bowls at Bonhams
This pair of bowls is exquisite. It is the pairing that makes them so. Together, they tell us so much about blue. And about how we see objects in the world. Offered at Bonham’s Chinese & Asian sale...
View ArticleIslamic and Asian Textiles at the Ashmolean’s Jameel Centre
The Ashmolean’s Jousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art has a splendid online database of textiles. One of the collection’s superstars is this radiant sun, blazing at the centre of a 19th...
View ArticleSusi’s Synaptic Straps™: Ancient Indian Textiles (Ex-Indonesia) Show in...
The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) just acquired the greatest single collection of Indian trade textiles in the world: The Roger Hollander Collection. The museum has 70 important pieces from the...
View ArticleInterwoven Globe: Psychedelic Textiles Exhibition at the Met
A dazzling textiles show opened last week at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, titled “Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade 1500 – 1800“. It’s a topic that touches on interesting aspects of...
View ArticleImportant Sriwijayan Artefact Found in a Pile of Dirt
A man in the Musirawas area of Palembang district, Sumatra bought a truckload of fill dirt last Monday and was surprised to find a Sriwijayan stone artefact in the dirt pile. The artefact, a...
View ArticleNusantara Nobility In Images — Brought To You By Tuan Paul
Paul Kijlstra is a man with a passion. A passion for Indonesian nobility, its history, legacy, and all manner of material manifestations. He’s assembled an enormous collection of images illustrating...
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