[Tlc] T-Smithsonian ceramics lecture

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2008 JOHN A. POPE MEMORIAL LECTURE
 
Below the Surface: Discovering the Historical Depth of
Thailand's Most Famous Kiln Site
 
Presented by Dr. Don Hein
Sunday, June 1. 2 PM
Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium*
 

Australian 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. It also complements the Sackler Gallery exhibition Taking Shape:Ceramics in Southeast Asia. 
 
 
*Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information on tours, talks and lectures, please visit www.asia.si.edu.


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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu