Aug 1994

VOLUME 24 - NUMBER 8

Seattle Asian Art Museum
Chinese Bronzes from the Shang to the Tang Dynasty
Korean Ink Painting Screens
Indian Sculpture
Thai Ceramics
Japanese Porcelain

Detail of Eight Branches of Blossoming Plum
By Yi Kong-wu (b. 1805, cha Kong-yo; ho Sok-yon),
late 19th century
Eight-panel folding screen, ink and white wash on
decorated paper with light blue wash
Gift of the Asian Art Council
Seattle Art Museum, 90.1

FEATURES
Michael Knight. Bronze in Chinese Culture from the Shang to the Tang Dynasty
Melissa Walt Thompson. The Gloria Gunn Prince Collection of Thai Ceramics
William Rathbun. Seventeenth Century Japanese Blue-and-White Porcelains
Michael Knight, William Rathbun. The Seattle Art Museum: The Seattle Art Museum's Newly Reopened Treasure
William Rathbun and Michael Knight. The Seattle Asian Art Museum: The Seattle Art Museum's Newly Reopened Treasure
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Paula Fodor, Valerie C. Doran. Report from Hong Kong
COMMENTARY
Pratapaditya Pal. Commentary: Western Art Museums and Contextuality