[Tlc] Lecture on Thai ceramic archaeology at the Freer gallery of Art

[Cort, Louise]

2008 JOHN A. POPE MEMORIAL LECTURE

 

Below the Surface: Discovering the Historical Depth of 

Thailand's Most Famous Kiln Site

 

Dr. Don Hein

 

Sunday, June 1, 2 PM

Freer Gallery, Meyer Auditorium

 

Archaeologist Don Hein relates how superficial descriptions of the famed


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. 

 

This lecture celebrates the launch of the museum's first online
catalogue, Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia: Collections in the Freer
Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. For an update on the
catalogue launch, see www.asia.si.edu <http://www.asia.si.edu/> .

 

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  Taking
Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia 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. 

 

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