MAY 2000

VOLUME 31- NUMBER 5

Jenny So's essay relates to the exhibition 'Music in the Age of Confucius', which opened at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC on 30 April. Also on view in the gallery are some of the works donated by the late Paul Singer. Thomas Lawton discusses Singer's life and his passion for early Chinese art. A fifth century lacquer box, recently acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, gives Maxwell Hearn an opportunity to examine early pictorial representation in China, and Rose Kerr presents some new findings regarding the origin of famille-rose enamels. Release of this issue also conincides with an exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art featuring Indian court paintings from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, highlights of which are discussed by Kavita Singh. Pratapaditya Pal traces the provenance of a monumental thangka which was brough by Norton Simon in 1974. Michael Martin's interview with Tseng Yuho gives an insight into her eventful life, and in this month's commentary, Bob Hudson elaborates on criticism of recent renovations at Bagan in Myanmar.

FEATURES
Letitia Roberts. Obituary: Mildred Root Mottahedeh (1908-2000)
Rand Castile. The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art
Pratapaditya Pal. A Monumental Applique Thangka from Tibet
Kavita Singh. The Carpet of Intercourse: Courtly Etiquette in Indian Painting
Rose Kerr. What were the Origins of Chinese Famille Rose
Maxwell K. Hearn. The Rise of Pictorial Representation in China: New Evidence from a Lacquer Box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jenny F. So. Different Tunes, Different Strings: Court and Chamber Music in Ancient China
Thomas Lawton. Paul Singer - A Sage Among Collectors
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Hwee Lie Blehaut. Exhibition Review: 3e Pavillon des Antiquaires et des Beaux-Arts in Paris
Kathryn Selig Brown. Book Review: Amy Heller, Tibetan Art
INTERVIEWS
Michael R. Martin. An Interview with Tseng Yuho
COMMENTARY
Bob Hudson. Commentary: The Merits of Rebuilding Bagan