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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>2008 JOHN A. POPE MEMORIAL LECTURE</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Below the Surface: Discovering the
Historical Depth of </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Thailand’s Most Famous Kiln Site</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Dr. Don Hein</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sunday, June 1, 2 PM</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Freer Gallery, Meyer Auditorium</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Archaeologist Don Hein relates how superficial descriptions
of the famed </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sawankhalok ceramic production center in northern Thailand
delayed recognition of its true significance and complexity until determined
archaeological investigation, driven by unsatisfied questions and informed
observation, began to reveal its secrets. Through Hein’s study of its
layers of kilns, Sawankhalok can now be seen to represent a dramatic sequence
of changes—from its modest beginning in the thirteenth century, to a
paramount position in international export trade, and finally, to its decline. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This lecture celebrates the launch of the museum’s
first online catalogue, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ceramics in Mainland
Southeast Asia: Collections in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler
Gallery</span></i>. For an update on the catalogue launch, see <a
href="http://www.asia.si.edu/">www.asia.si.edu</a>.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, are on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Freer
Gallery of Art is located at Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW. The Sackler
Gallery is located at 1050 Independence Avenue, SW. The two museums are
connected by an underground exhibition space, where <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia </span></i>is
on view through 2010. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day, except
Dec. 25, and admission is free. The galleries are located near the Smithsonian
Metrorail station on the Blue and Orange lines. </span></font></p>
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