This talk is part of the Yale University Press-Yale Center Beijing "Find Your Next Great Read" Series.

Event Time

November 1, 2024 | Friday
8:00 am - 9:00 am Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Novemeber 1, 2024 | Friday
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm China Standard Time (CST)

Participation Format

Registration is required to obtain a ZOOM Conference access link, which will be sent to your registration email or phone shortly. Please enter the ZOOM room 15 minutes before the starting time. When the room is full, latecomers will not be able to access the ZOOM conference.

Registration

Please click “HERE” to register. After successful registration you'll receive a confirmation email with a link to join the event online. If you seem not to have received it, please check your spam folder. Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems.

Ticket
Free

LANGUAGE

The language of the event will be English.

The Event

Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, Celadon on the Seas explores the development of the southern Chinese ceramic industry from the ninth to the fourteenth century. Drawing on the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, it examines the artistic, historical, and technical aspects of dozens of ceramic objects, offering an overview of the industry and its unique relationship to maritime trade. Thousands of kilns throughout China flourished at this time; some produced elegant wares with lush green glazes, known as “celadons,” while others created imaginative pieces in shades of black, brown, or white. The Gallery’s collection includes superb examples of celadons as well as an unusually rich group of the less-studied green, white, and brown wares produced in Hunan, Fujian, and Guangdong Provinces, many of which are previously unpublished. Chinese ceramics also influenced competing kiln centers in Vietnam and Thailand, the distinctive Korean celadon tradition, and the evolution of the Japanese ceramic industry and tea ceremony. The broad approach and new research presented in Celadon on the Seas make this book the first of its kind.

On November 1, the author Denise Leidy, the Ruth and Bruce Dayton Curator of Asian Art at the Yale University Art Gallery, will present the fascinating history of celadon and showcase illustrations from her latest book.

The Speaker

Denise Leidy
Ruth and Bruce Dayton Curator of Asian Art, Yale University Art Gallery

Denise Leidy currently serves as the Ruth and Bruce Dayton Curator of Asian Art at the Yale University Art Gallery. Prior to joining Yale, Dr. Leidy also served as the Brooke Russell Astor Curator of Chinese Art (emerita) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as in curatorial positions at The Asia Society New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is endlessly fascinated by the development and movement of technologies, ideas, and images within and between Asian cultures, and between these centers and those in Africa, Europe and the Americas. In addition to curating exhibitions, she has published and lectured widely exploring topics in Buddhist art, Chinese and other Asian ceramics, and East Asian lacquer. Her publications include Buddhist Art: Its History and Meaning, Mother-of- Pearl: A Tradition in Asian Lacquer, Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, How to Read Chinese Ceramics, and the recently released Celadon on the Seas: Chinese Ceramics, 9th – 14th Century.