【北京美国中心活动】关于元青花瓷：发现，欣赏和鉴定，10月25日星期三，晚6:30至8:00

A Lecture by 

Steven P. Gaskin 
President, Asian Art Society of New England  

Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain: 
Aspects of Discovery, Appreciation, and Authentication  

关于元青花瓷：发现，欣赏和鉴定 
主讲人：史蒂文·加斯金，新英格兰亚洲艺术协会主席 

Wednesday, Oct. 25th, 2023, 6:30-8:00 p.m. 
Beijing American Center  

10月25日星期三，晚6:30至8:00 
北京美国中心 

Event details: 

This program will be conducted in English.  Light snacks and soft drinks will be served.  

Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) blue and white porcelain is the original, rarest and most valuable type of blue and white Chinese porcelain, yet it was totally forgotten in China and unknown to the West for over 500 years. Yuan blue and white’s new forms and colorful, painterly decoration were a revolutionary development in the history of Chinese ceramics.  The trade in this porcelain ranged from Japan, Thailand, and Indonesia to India, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, and Africa, yet relatively few examples have been found in China itself.  Today the largest collections are in former imperial collections at the Purana Qila in Delhi, the Topkapi Sarayi Musei in Istanbul, and at the National Museum of Iran in Teheran (formerly at Ardebil near the Caspian Sea).   

Until quite recently, Yuan blue and white porcelain was dated to the Ming dynasty, often the 16th century.  There were only a handful of examples in the West.  It was only around 1949 that a few researchers identified the characteristics of Yuan blue and white, based on his analysis of the pair of famous vases in the Percival David Collection and the many examples found in the United Kingdom, Istanbul and Teheran. 

The design and painting on Yuan blue and white porcelain, so innovative, influential and of an as-yet unequaled level of artistic quality, was made during a quarter century of turmoil, destruction, plague, and oppressive Mongol rule.  It blossomed in the middle of this hostile environment and, within a couple of decades, it was gone.  Only a couple of hundred intact examples remain today.  China would produce great porcelain again, but Yuan blue and white has been unequalled ever since the brief period during which it was made.  

Steve Gaskin, who served for over 20 years as President of the Asian Art Society of New England,  will provide an appreciation of these wares and practice in connoisseurship.  After a guided tour through the history, forms and designs on Yuan blue and white porcelain, he will discuss early research in the West on Yuan blue and white.  Then, we will have an exercise session with a series of comparisons of real and fake examples to test audience members’ skills.  The tests will range from the easy to the difficult and even debatable. 

Nine hundred of Mr. Gaskin’s collection of Yuan blue and white shards were recently donated to the Palace Museum.  Steve and his wife Barbara are here in Beijing to meet with scholars from the Palace Museum and celebrate his donation. 

活动详情： 

本次讲座将用英文进行。 

元青花瓷（1271年-1368年）是中国瓷器中最早、最稀有和最有价值的青花瓷类别，尽管它被忽略了五百多年，这期间西方甚至对它一无所知。新式的彩色和绘画装饰的元青花瓷成为中国陶瓷史上具有创新意义的进展。这类瓷器的贸易足迹遍布日本、泰国和印尼，以及印度、伊朗、土耳其、埃及和非洲，其样品在中国国内也有相对少量发现。目前，收藏元青花瓷最多的是印度新德里老堡内的前皇家收藏，土耳其伊斯坦布尔的托普卡珀宫博物馆，以及德黑兰的伊朗国家博物馆（以前位于里海附近的阿尔达比勒）。 

近代，元青花瓷才被认为出产于明朝时期，通常指十六世纪。在西方只有很少量的样品。直到1949年前后，在分析了珀西瓦尔·大卫收藏的那对元代瓷瓶和其他在英国、伊斯坦布尔及德黑兰发现的其他样品后，少数研究人员指出了元青花瓷的特征。 

元青花瓷的设计和绘制，十分新颖，富有魅力并具有迄今为止令人高山仰止的艺术水平，诞生于四分之一个世纪的动荡，毁灭，瘟疫和蒙元高压统治之中。它是在艰苦恶劣的环境中绽放的花朵，几十年后，又消失了。只有几百件完整的样品现存于世。中国可以重新制造出极品陶瓷，但元青花瓷，虽然对它们的创作只存在于很短的时期内，却是无与伦比的。 

史蒂文·加斯金，一位担任新英格兰亚洲艺术协会主席二十多年的收藏家，将与大家分享如何欣赏这些器物，以及作为鉴赏行家的实践经验。他将向讲座听众介绍西方对元青花瓷的早期研究，并与听众互动，通过一系列真假样品的对比，由易至难来测试听众的鉴别技巧。 

最近，加斯金先生把他收藏的九百件元青花瓷片捐给了故宫博物院。加斯金先生和夫人芭芭拉将来华访问，故宫博物院会安排两位捐赠者与专家会面并参观相应展览。 

Guest Speaker: Steven Gaskin 

Steven Gaskin is President of the Asian Art Society of New England.  After graduating from M.I.T., Mr. Gaskin served for four years in the United States Navy.  He began studying Chinese painting while in the Navy.  In 1995, Mr. Gaskin joined the Friends of Asiatic Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and was one of the founders of the Asian Art Society of New England, of which he has been President ever since, in 2000.  

Mr. Gaskin is a collector and student of Yuan blue and white porcelain.  He recently donated his collection of Yuan blue and white porcelain shards to the Palace Museum in Beijing.  He and his wife Barbara have homes in Newburyport, Massachusetts, as well as in Newcastle, Maine, where they are restoring a home built in 1774.  

主讲人：史蒂文·加斯金 

史蒂文·加斯金先生是美国新英格兰亚洲艺术协会的主席。从麻省理工学院毕业后，加斯金先生曾在美国海军服役过四年。在海军服役期间，他开始学习中国国画。1995年，加斯金先生加入了波士顿美术馆的亚洲艺术之友团体。2000年，他成为新英格兰 亚洲艺术协会的创办者之一，并且自此一直担任该协会主席的职务。  

加斯金先生致力于收藏元青花瓷和学习相关知识。最近，他还将自己收藏的部分元青花瓷片捐给了北京的故宫博物院。他和夫人芭芭拉在马萨诸塞州的纽伯里波特以及缅因州的纽卡斯尔均有住所，其中位于纽卡斯尔的房子正在翻新，是一座修建于1774年的老宅。 

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注意事项： 

活动开始前30分钟可以进入。请尽量于活动开始前15分钟到达以便有足够时间通过安检。在活动开始 30 分钟后将不允许入场参加活动。  
Doors will open 30 minutes before the program starts. Please try to arrive at least 15 minutes before the program starts to allow enough time to go through security. You will NOT be admitted if you arrive half an hour after the program has started. 

注意：本活动对一般公众。音频和视频记录设备不得使用。有关媒体采访细节须直接与美国使馆新闻处取得联系。 
NOTE: This event is open to the general public.  Audio or video recording of the program will not be permitted.  Press inquiries should be directed to the U.S. Embassy Press Office. 

请注意：活动参与者授权美国国务部拍摄和录像他们的形象和/或声音。允许美国国务部在公共信息项目和活动中发布、出版、广播或引用这些材料。获得的内容可能会被用于未来的演讲、在互联网上传播、以及通过多种广播渠道和印刷媒体传播。内容（图片、音频或想法）的使用将不会用于商业目的。非常感谢。 
Please note that attendees of this event grant permission to the U.S. Department of State to photograph and video record their image and/or voice. Permission is granted for the U.S. Department of State to release, publish, broadcast or quote this material in public information programs and activities. Content procured may be included in future speeches, on the Internet, through multiple broadcast channels and print media.  Use of content (image, audio or ideas) will not be used for commercial purposes. Thank you very much.  

*请务必携带有效的并有照片的身份证件原件进入北京美国中心, 证件复印件或照片将不被允许进入。来北京美国中心参加此活动请勿携带大包。  
You must bring a valid physical photo ID in order to enter the Beijing American Center (BAC), copies or pictures of IDs will not be accepted.  No large bags will be allowed into the BAC for this event.  

*访客请勿携带笔记本电脑。便携式电子设备如手机，iPads和其他平板电脑，智能手表可以带进北京美国中心的活动。
*While portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones, iPads and other tablets, and smartwatches are permitted, guests may not bring laptop computers to Beijing American Center programs.  

出于安全原因，北京美国中心的工作人员保留拒绝任何人进入的权利。  
For security reasons, the BAC staff reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone.  

地点：北京市朝阳区天泽路 (美国大使馆东门)。 
Location: Tianze Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing (East Gate of the U.S. Embassy).   

交通：地铁10号，亮马桥站B出口，向东北步行至天泽路和安家楼路交汇处， 签证处北侧。  
Directions: Metro Line 10, Liangmaqiao Station Exit B, walk northeast to the Tian Ze Road intersection of An Jia Lou Road, north side of the Visas Office.