Oct 1978
VOLUME 9 - NUMBER 10
Unique Snuff Bottles
Little Giant Singapore
Seoul’s Royal Past
China: a Time to Love
Asian Ivory Art (II)
Cover. A Ching Dynasty mandarin with his snuff bottle. It was the custom among members of the imperial court and high officials to carry snuff bottles in the folds of their sleeves. When they met friends, they exchanged greetings and with a profound bow offered their brand of snuff. It was a fashionable hobby to collect snuff bottles. Gifts of snuff bottles were often exchanged. This issue looks at some of the finest examples of Ching Dynasty bottles extant which are featured in an exhibition set up by the Hongkong Museum of Art.
FEATURES
Anthony Willoughby. The Tale of ‘Yenji”
Manuel O. Benitez. Little Giant Singapore
Serene Relics of Seoul’s Royal Past
China: a Time to Build
Evelyn Sebastian-Peplow. Snuff Bottles: an Outstanding Assemblage
Karin McCaffrey. Ivory Art of Asia (II)
Myra Andrews. Sri Lanka’s Batik Master
Stephen Peplow. Seoul: City of the Secret Garden
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Hongkong’s Third Festival of Asian Arts (II)
Nigel Cameron. Book Review: Fragrant Harbour: Early Photographs of Hong Kong by John Warner
NEWS
Discoveries
VOLUME 9 - NUMBER 10
Unique Snuff Bottles
Little Giant Singapore
Seoul’s Royal Past
China: a Time to Love
Asian Ivory Art (II)
Cover. A Ching Dynasty mandarin with his snuff bottle. It was the custom among members of the imperial court and high officials to carry snuff bottles in the folds of their sleeves. When they met friends, they exchanged greetings and with a profound bow offered their brand of snuff. It was a fashionable hobby to collect snuff bottles. Gifts of snuff bottles were often exchanged. This issue looks at some of the finest examples of Ching Dynasty bottles extant which are featured in an exhibition set up by the Hongkong Museum of Art.
FEATURES
Anthony Willoughby. The Tale of ‘Yenji”
Manuel O. Benitez. Little Giant Singapore
Serene Relics of Seoul’s Royal Past
China: a Time to Build
Evelyn Sebastian-Peplow. Snuff Bottles: an Outstanding Assemblage
Karin McCaffrey. Ivory Art of Asia (II)
Myra Andrews. Sri Lanka’s Batik Master
Stephen Peplow. Seoul: City of the Secret Garden
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Hongkong’s Third Festival of Asian Arts (II)
Nigel Cameron. Book Review: Fragrant Harbour: Early Photographs of Hong Kong by John Warner
NEWS
Discoveries
VOLUME 9 - NUMBER 10
Unique Snuff Bottles
Little Giant Singapore
Seoul’s Royal Past
China: a Time to Love
Asian Ivory Art (II)
Cover. A Ching Dynasty mandarin with his snuff bottle. It was the custom among members of the imperial court and high officials to carry snuff bottles in the folds of their sleeves. When they met friends, they exchanged greetings and with a profound bow offered their brand of snuff. It was a fashionable hobby to collect snuff bottles. Gifts of snuff bottles were often exchanged. This issue looks at some of the finest examples of Ching Dynasty bottles extant which are featured in an exhibition set up by the Hongkong Museum of Art.
FEATURES
Anthony Willoughby. The Tale of ‘Yenji”
Manuel O. Benitez. Little Giant Singapore
Serene Relics of Seoul’s Royal Past
China: a Time to Build
Evelyn Sebastian-Peplow. Snuff Bottles: an Outstanding Assemblage
Karin McCaffrey. Ivory Art of Asia (II)
Myra Andrews. Sri Lanka’s Batik Master
Stephen Peplow. Seoul: City of the Secret Garden
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Hongkong’s Third Festival of Asian Arts (II)
Nigel Cameron. Book Review: Fragrant Harbour: Early Photographs of Hong Kong by John Warner
NEWS
Discoveries