JUL/AUG 2017
VOLUME 48 - NUMBER 4
Among the holdings of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is a rich collection of Indian paintings, a selection of which will be on view this summer. This issue begins with Robert J. Del Bontà’s discussion of eight of the works, chosen to represent a variety of styles and periods. George Kates is a name well known among Chinese furniture aficionados, and John A. Roote elucidates his role in introducing it to the West. Claire Blakey explains how a group of early 20th century Chinese porcelains found a home in Stoke-on-Trent, while Mina Kim reveals how the Chinese modern artist Pan Tianshou came to develop his own, individual style.
A very different type of Chinese painting style is represented by an early depiction of foreign factories in Canton; Libby Lai-Pik Chan contextualizes the painting, which is the collection of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. Nanhee Lee and Menno Fitski shed light on the value of the Rijksmuseum’s Goryeo sutra box for the study of crosscultural adaptations. And Kathleen Yang presents her latest findings in support of her view that Riverbank is a genuine painting by Dong Yuan.
In our ‘Artists as Collectors’ series, Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres interviews Zheng Chongbin about his creative inspiration. The spotlight is on Tianlong Jiao in ‘Curator’s Choice’, while for ‘Art in Context’, Thierry Mathou introduces his project to revive the Bhutanese tradition of the portable shrines called tashi gomang. We also review the exhibition ‘Cosmic Buddhas in the Himalayas’ at the Met.
FEATURES
Robert J. Del Bontà. ‘Divine Visions, Earthly Pleasures: Five Hundred Years of Indian Painting’
John A. Roote. A Scholarly Pursuit: George Kates and the Ascendancy of Chinese Classical Furniture
Mina Kim. Across Time and Space: Historical Influences on Pan Tianshou (1897–1971)
Libby Lai-Pik Chan. An Early Depiction of the ‘Thirteen Hongs’ in Canton
Nanhee Lee and Menno Fitski. New Light on a Goryeo Dynasty Sutra Box in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Kathleen Yang. Riverbank: Its Provenance and Original Name
Curator's Choice. The ‘Archaeology’ of Two Ancient: Chinese Bronzes in the US by Tianlong Jiao
Thierry Mathou. Art in Context: Tashi Gomang: The Revival of a Bhutanese Tradition
Claire Blakey. Bringing China to Stoke-on-Trent
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Nicolas Morrissey. Exhibition Review: ‘Cosmic Buddhas in the Himalayas’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Donald M. Stadtner. Book Review: Southeast Asia in Ruins: Art and Empire in the Early 19th Century by Sarah Tiffin
INTERVIEWS
Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres. Materials of Inspiration: Zheng Chongbin
NEWS
Emerging Voices—Diandian Li
Announcements
Gallery News
COMMENTARY
Kuanghan Li and Yuchen Wang. Heritage Conservation in China: An Overview of Non-profit Organization (NPO) Enterprises