Room 47g: Korea
The Samsung Gallery displays objects made between 500 and 2000 AD which reflect the love of natural forms that perv…
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Korean red lacquer chest
This Korean red lacquer chest inlaid with mother-of-pearl decoration was purchased by a curator from the Ceramics D…
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Videos: Korean art & society
This series of short videos was created to provide background information about Korean history and society for visi…
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Buddhist pilgrimage sites: Korea
Buddhism was introduced to Korea from China in 372 AD and was accepted in each of the three kingdoms of the Korean …
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V&A in Korea
The V&A has a strong Korean collection and a dedicated Korean gallery – the Samsung Gallery
Korean ceramics reading list
Recommended reading about Korean Ceramics
Asia links
A selection of links to other websites on the subject of Asia
Crafts reading list
Reading list compiled of general crafts related publications, and publications related to ceramics and Asia.
The Victorian vision of China and Japan
The myth of the exotic East has always been a potent one in the West, fuelling such images as Coleridge's 'stately pleasure domes'. By the time Victoria came to the throne in 1837, however, the romantic yearning to penetrate hidden worlds was being superseded by a desire to reach the apparently enormous, but hitherto untouched, markets of East Asia. With the 'opening' of China and Japan fantasies met with realities and new mythologies and stereotypes of the East were constructed.
A gift in your will
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Buy nowEvent - Fire, Earth and Water: East Asian Pottery and Porcelain
Tue 23 April 2013 10:30
SHORT COURSE: Explore the fascinating ceramic traditions of East Asia, focusing on the key regions of China, Korea
and Japan.
