Bulletin Autumn 1978

3. Miss Mary Tregear: Fukien Kiln of the Sung to Ming Dynasty 4. Mrs. Kamer Aga-Oglu: Chinese Celadon of Specific Type from Philippine Sites: Problems of Provenance and Dating 5. Mr. James C.Y. Watt: Hsi-ts'un and Ch'ao-an and Other Ceramic Wares of Kwangtung in the Northern Sung Period Session IV: Southeast Asian Trade Pottery and Martabans 1. Miss Roxanna Brown: ArchaeologicalEvidence Ceramics 2. Dr. Barbara Harrisson: Evaluation of Archaic Forms and Designs in Martabans Jars with Uncertain Origins 3. Dr. Pamela Gutman: The Martaban Trade Session V: Influence of Chinese Pottery on Pottery Tradition and Other Aspects of Local Cultures in Southeast Asia 1. Mr. William Willetts: Chinoiserie and Euro- poiserie; a Pair of blanc de Chine Handled Mugs in the Hickley Collection 2. Mr. L Laszlo Legeza: Trade Ceramics in the Local Cultures of the South Sea (Nan-hai) Islands 3. Mr. George Kuwayama: Chinese Blue and White Patterns in Thai Ceramics Special Session I: Japanese Trade Pottery Dr. O.R. Impey: Japanese Porcelain Exported to Southeast Asia in the Mid-Seventeenth Century Special Session II: Technical Studies Mr. Dipl.-Ing. L. Kilb: Modem Scientific Methods of Examining Antique Ceramics from Southeast Asia with a view to their Making and Classification An Exhibition of Trade Pottery in East and Southeast Asia was held at the Art Gallery, Institute of Chinese Studies, from 2nd to 30th September, 1978. The exhibits, amounting to 275 items, were loaned from public and private collections in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore. Pot-sherds found at various sites in Ryukyus, Sarawak, Butan and Calatag period from the beginning of Sung in the 10th century to the end of Ming in the middle of the 17th century, when maritime trade between the Asian countries was at its height. Opening Address by Dr. Choh-Ming Li Let me first extend a warm welcome to all of you who have come from many parts of the world to participate in the Symposium on Trade Pottery in East and Southeast Asia. This is the second international conference which the Institute of Chinese Studies has organized. Our purpose in holding conferences of this kind is two-fold. First, we should like to promote interest in the subject matter of the conference, and secondly we hope to foster friendship and closer cooperation among the international community of scholars in our field. In the case of the present Symposium, our own interest in trade pottery arises from our research efforts. Both the Art Gallery and the Centre of Chinese Archaeology and Art at the Institute are currently carrying out research programmes on the history of Chinese ceramics. The focus of this research is, in the first instance, on the pottery as artistic expression and as technological achievement of the Chinese poeple, and secondly, we are interested in the study of pottery trade as part of the total economical history of Asian countries. I believe that the topic of trade has been the subject of quite a few conferences in recent years, and scholars in this area are reading ever deeper, or wider, significance into the trading activities of early societies. Without becoming too speculative about such questions as the role played by trade in early "statecraft" in Southeast Asia, we shall be quite satisfied if we can, in our studies of trade pottery, trace economic contacts between the various regions of Asia during specific periods in history. 18