MAY 1999

VOLUME 30 - NUMBER 5

To coincide with the opening on 1 May of the exhibition 'Spirit Stones of China: The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese stones, Paintings, and Related Scholars' Objects' and a symposium 'Stones in Chinese Culture' with papers by Stephen Little, John Hay, Judith Zeitlin and Philip Hu at The Art Institute of Chicago, this issue features a number of articles and two interview relating to these subjects. There is also an account by Rob Linrothe of the aesthetically beautiful and historically significant Buddhist treasures he was able to study during his visits to Zangskar and Ladakh.

FEATURES
David Rehfuss. Report on the Third Asian Ceramic Conference
Catherine Maudsley. Symposium Report: 'Adornment for the Body and Soul'
Rob Linrothe. A Summer in the Field
Michael Knight. Scholar's Objects in the Ian and Susan Wilson Collection
Judith T. Zeitlin. The Secret Life of Rocks: Objects and Collectors in the Ming and Qing Imagination
Stephen Little. Spirit Stones of China: The Ian and Susan Wilson Collection
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Margaret Tao. Winter Antiques Show in New York
Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis. Book Review: Deborah E. Klimburg-Salter, with contributions by Christian Luczanits, Luciano Petech, Ernst Steinkellner and Erna Wandl 'Tabo: A Lamp for the Kingdom'
Terri Cohn. Exhibition Review: 'Form of Spirit: Stoneworks 3' Izumi Masatoshi at Japonesque on the Pier
INTERVIEWS
A Talk with Ian Wilson
NEWS
Margaret Tao. Gallery News
COMMENTARY
Valerie C. Doran. Commentary: Further Questions: An Interview with Richard Rosenblum