The Conversion of Connoisseurship on the Imperial Antiquities Academic Symposium
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Agenda

Day 1
Thursday, October 18, 2018
09:00 - 09:30
Registration
09:30 - 10:30
Opening Remarks Chen, Chi-nan  Director, National Palace Museum
10:10 - 10:30
Tea Break
10:30 - 11:20
Keynote Speech
Introduction: Ch'en, Kuo-tung  Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Speaker: Susan Naquin  Emeritus Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University
Topic: The Qing Imperial Collection: Objects in Motion
11:20 - 12:00
Exhibition visiting: "Story of a Brand Name - The Collection and Packaging Aesthetics of the Qing Emperor Qianlong."
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:55
Session 1 Public Display of Chinese Imperial Collection in the Twentieth Century and its Influences
Moderator: Ch'en, Kuo-tung  Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Presenter: Eric Lefebvre  Director, Musée Cernuschi
To Recognize the Construction of the National Palace Museum from the French Perspective
Presenter: Lai, Guolong  Associate Professor, College of the Arts, University of Florida
The Changing Quality of Artefacts Collected by the Qing Court and the Coinciding International Context
Presenter: Luk Yu-ping  Curator of Chinese painting, The British Museum
Representing "Chinese Civilisation": The collecting and display of Qing imperial paintings at the British Museum
14:55 - 15:15
Tea Break
15:15 - 16:40
Session 2 Exchanges and Interaction in Material Culture
Moderator: Lai, Hui-min  Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Presenter: Ming Wilson  Senior Curator, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum
How Did Emperor Qianlong View the "English Tributes"
Presenter: Chen, Hui-hsia  Associate Curator, Department of Antiquities, National Palace Museum
The Wooden Bowls from Tibet: The Interaction Between the Qing Court and Tibet
Presenter: Duncan Bull  Curator, Fine and Decorative Arts, The Rijksmuseum
The Collecting and Connoisseurship of Italian Paintings in the Netherlands
16:40 - 17:00
Tea Break
17:00 - 18:05
Session 3 Imperial Collection, Royal Taste
Moderator: Hsieh, Ming-liang  Distinguished Professor, Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University
Presenter: Hou, Yi-li  Associate Curator, Department of Antiquities, National Palace Museum
From Huojidang to Recognize the Reassembling of Nine Baishijian Curio Boxes by the Emperor Qianlong
Presenter: Yu, Pei-chin  Chief Curator, Department of Antiquities, National Palace Museum
The Chenghua Official Ware Collected by the Emperor Qianlong: A Study on the Caiyiiuxia Case
Day 2
Friday, October 19, 2018
09:30 - 10:20
Friday, October 19, 2018
Introduction: Yu, Pei-chin  Chief Curator, Department of Antiquities, National Palace Museum
Speaker: Hsieh, Ming-liang  Distinguished Professor, Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University
Topic: Rethinking the Shapes and Patterns of Goryeo Celadon Wares
10:20 - 10:40
Tea Break
10:40 - 12:05
Session 4 Political and Cultural Significance of Connoisseurship and Collecting Activities
Moderator: Ma, Ya-chen  Associate Professor, Institute of History, National Tsing Hua University
Presenter: Lu, Hui-wen  Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Art History, National Taiwan University
The Changes of Calligraphy Modelbooks Collected by the Neifu Imperial Inner Court of the Song Dynasties and the Re-editions of the Pavilion Modelbook
Presenter: Hsu, Ya-hwei  Associate Professor, Department of History, National Taiwan University
The Antiquity Collection of the Southern Song Dynasty: The Structure of Academic Institutes Formed by the Emperor, Ministers, and Officials
Presenter: Chiu, Shih-hua  Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Calligraphy, National Palace Museum
Through the Paintings of Dong Gao to Observe the Changing Taste of Connoisseurship of Gaozong and Renzong in Paintings
12:05 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:35
Session 5 Conversions in Imperial Collecting Taste and Production
Moderator: Cheng, Wing-cheong  Curator, Department of Rare Books and Documents, National Palace Museum
Presenter: Wu, Hsiao-yun  Associate Curator, Department of Antiquities, National Palace Museum
Re-interpret the Tradition with Cast Imitations: The Imperial Mirrors Accomplished in the Qianlong Reign
Presenter: Hsu, Yuan-ting  Associate Curator, Department of Rare Books and Documents, National Palace Museum
The Production of the Qing Court Miniature Editions in the 18th Century and the Imperial Rewards from the Emperor
14:35 - 14:55
Tea Break
14:55 - 16:20
Session 6 Building Collections of Chinese Imperial Antiquities Overseas
Moderator: Lai, Yu-chih  Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica
Presenter: Jan van Campen  Curator, Fine and Decorative Arts, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
A Chinese Collection in 18th Century The Hague, The Netherlands
Presenter: Tsukamoto, Maromitsu  Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
The Chinese Paintings Collected by the Qing Court and the Edo Bakufu
Presenter: Béatrice Quette Curator, Asian collections, Les Arts Décoratifs
Western Collectors and Chinese Cloisonné Enamels. 1860's-1920's: David David-Weill's Exceptional Taste
16:20 - 16:40
Tea Break
16:40 - 17:45
Session 7 Views on Collecting: East vs. West
Moderator: Liu, Fang-ju  Chief Curator, Department of Painting and Calligraphy, National Palace Museum
Presenter: Nicole Chiang, Nicole  Curator & Manager, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath
To Collect and to Treasure -- the Relationship Among the Collection, Visual Sense, and Display in the Eastern and Western Imperial Courts
Presenter: Marta Ajmar  Deputy Director, Research Institute, Victoria and Albert Museum
'Held up to the Light': Chinese Ceramics, Material Mimesis and Useful Knowledge in the Italian Renaissance
17:45 - 18:05
Closing Remarks