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Ancient Vietnam: Ports of Call
Asia Society
A video showing the objects in “Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea,” narrated by the curator. "This exhibition brings together more than one hundred objects from ten museums across the diverse geographic expanse that is Viet Nam to illuminate the country’s long history of cultural and economic exchange... As long as two thousand years ago, a maritime trade route extended from southern China to Roman-controlled ports in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, via ports in what is now northern Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Iran. As a result of this exchange, Vietnam developed unique art objects with connections to China, India, and other cultures of Southeast Asia… The exhibition focuses on four areas and ports of call: 1) Early Cultures: Dong Son and Sa Huynh; 2) Fu Nan in the Mekong River Delta; 3) Coastal Kingdoms of Champa; 4) Trade and Exchange in Hoi An.” This was a trade in luxury goods, where merchants had to follow the monsoon winds sailing east and west. See also: Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea

Go to Museum Resource: https://asiasociety.org/video/ancient-viet-nam-ports-call-complete
The Arts of Thailand
Victoria and Albert Museum
An introduction to the V&A's new Arts of Thailand exhibit, which "features the museum's finest Thai Buddhist sculptures in bronze and stone spanning the period from the 7th to the 19th centuries, together with works of decorative art in a wide variety of media associated both with the Thai court and with monasteries." Thirty-eight objects are featured online; all objects have descriptions.

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-arts-of-thailand/
China on Paper: European and Chinese Works from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century
Getty Museum
Online presentation of a 2007-08 exhibition presenting "works on paper from the special collections of the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute that document the fascinating story of cultural exchanges between Chinese and Europeans in the early-modern era." With text discussing the key role that Jesuit missionaries in China played in the story of this exchange, illustrated with six works from the exhibition.

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/china_paper/
Chinese Export Porcelain at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Short introduction with images of works given as examples of the range of trade.

Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ewpor/hd_ewpor.htm
Community Heritage Center
The Wing Luke Asian Museum
"The Wing Luke Asian Museum collects and preserves artifacts, photographs, archives and oral histories pertaining to the history, culture and art of the Asian Pacific American community."

Go to Museum Resource: https://www.wingluke.org/
Cultivated Landscapes: Reflections of Nature in Chinese Painting
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Online presentation of a 2002-2003 exhibition that encompasses "landscapes and garden scenes dating from the Five Dynasties period (907–960) to the late twentieth century" and explores the "manifold uses of natural imagery in Chinese painting as a reflection of human beliefs and emotions." With images of 8 related artworks. See also the exhibition publication.

Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2002/cultivated-landscapes
Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj
Columbia University, Wallach Art Gallery
"Delight in Design presents a never-before exhibited selection of richly decorated silverware produced by Indian craftsmen during the Raj, the popular term for Crown rule of India between 1858 and 1947." Highlights include tea services, calling card cases, regional styles, and workshop drawings, with many high-quality images to illustrate each section. Uses Flash.

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/exhibitions/Delight-in-Design/
Felice Beato's Japan: People, An Album by the Pioneer Foreign Photographer in Yokohama
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
"These photos of men and women from different walks of life catered to foreign curiosity about the 'exotic' Japanese. Most were taken in [Felice] Beato's studio in Yokohama." All images with captions transcribed verbatim from the ca. 1869 album. With an in-depth essay by Alona C. Wilson.

Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/beato_people/index.html
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