The Lives of Asian Things

Confucius Institute

Providing Chinese language teaching and cultural classes and events to the North East Scotland community

The Lives of Asian Things
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With special speaker Prof. Craig Clunas, University of Oxford.

A lecture investigating the University's collection of objects from China, Japan and Korea.

What lives have these objects lived?

What are their stories?

What were they used for?

Everyday life, connoisseurship and even tragedy - What do they reveal?

Art historian Professor Craig Clunas takes us on a journey of discovery.

Part of the exhibition 'Substance to Style: The Traditional Arts of East Asia'

Speaker
Professor Craig Clunas
Hosted by
University of Aberdeen Museums and Special Collections
Venue
Meston Lecture Theatre 1
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