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Arrangör: Östasiatiska Museets Vänner
tisdag 2 juni kl. 16.30: Cecilia Nordström specialist på Bukowskis inbjuder Vännerna tillsammans med OCS Stockholm till ett föredrag av Dr. Edward Luper ” The life of a late Ming Scholar: Art, Ambition and Eccentricity through the Marsh Collection”. Plats: Berzelli Park 1
This lecture explores the world of the late Ming scholar, tracing a life shaped by ambition, frustration, pleasure, service, and eventual withdrawal. Through a group of exceptional ceramics from the Marsh Collection, it reconstructs the intellectual and emotional landscape of the period: an age marked by political collapse, commercial expansion, and extraordinary cultural vitality.
Beginning with the turbulence of the late Ming transition, the talk examines how shifting social and economic conditions transformed artistic production, particularly porcelain. It follows the scholar’s journey through the imperial examination system, where intense competition and repeated failure shaped both identity and aspiration.
From there, we enter the pleasure quarters of Qinhuai, where scholars, courtesans, and artists moved within a shared world of refinement and performance. The lecture then considers the realities of official life; its burdens, compromises, and political tensions, before turning to retirement, where ideals of reclusion, eccentricity, and cultivated “obsession” came to define the late Ming literati spirit.
By placing ceramics alongside literary sources, paintings, and historical accounts, the lecture reveals how objects not only reflected but actively shaped the lives, values, and fantasies of the scholar class in one of China’s most fascinating periods.
Dr Edward Luper is a Chinese Art Specialist at Bonhams, London, where he focuses on Chinese ceramics and works of art, with particular expertise in the late Ming and early Qing periods. He has handled important private collections and regularly contributes to research, cataloguing, and exhibitions in the field.
Anmälan senast 30 maj till: info@ostasiatiska-museets-vanner.se
fredag 5 juni kl. 17.45: Itendenterna Elisabet Fellbom och Charlotte Widenfelt inbjuder Vännerna tillsammans med OCS Stockholm till visning av asiatiskt konsthantverk på Stockholms Auktionsverk. Plats: Nybrogatan 32
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3-12 juni: Asia Week in Paris: In just 8 years, the event has established itself on the world stage of the Asian art market, unquestionably becoming one of the most important international events of its kind. This year, Printemps Asiatique attracted a number of leading foreign dealers, including regulars from TEFAF and Asian Week in London and New York.
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11 juni: Stockholms Auktionsverk: The Asian Fine Art Sale: Visning 29 maj – 10 juni:The Asian Fine Art Sale presenterar asiatiska konst- och konsthantverksföremål av hög kvalitet och inkluderar allt från keramik, bronser och porslin till lackarbeten, netsuke, textilier, träsnitt och målningar.