Four Styles of Yixing Wares
By Therese Bartholomew
Saturday, August 21, 2004, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
CCC Auditorium

 

In conjunction with the current exhibition "Purple Sand, Fragrant Tea: Contemporary Yixing Master Works" at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, Ms. Terese Tse Bartholomew will present a one-hour lecture on the history of Yixing wares and the appreciation of their unique beauty.

Terese Tse Bartholomew has been a curator at the Asian Art Museum for thirty-six years. She was curator of the first exhibition on Yixing ware in the United States at the China Institute, New York, in 1977.  She has worked on numerous exhibitions at the Asian Art Museum, and has published in the fields of Yixing ware, myths and rebuses in Chinese art, Chinese botanical motifs, Tibetan art, and Indian sculptures.  Ms. Bartholomew has been a member and supporter of the Chinese Culture Center since it opened.

For more information about the lecture and exhibition, please call (415) 986-1822

 

 

This lecture will be given in English.

Admission is free for CCC members, and $5.00 for non-members.