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Interwoven journeys : the Michael Abbott collections of Asian art

Title

Interwoven journeys : the Michael Abbott collections of Asian art / Editors: James Bennett and Russell Kelty ; [contributing writers:] Ali Akbar, Michael Backman, Nalini Balbir, Joanna Barrkman, James Bennett, Bruce Carpenter, Matt Cox, Nurdiyansah Dalidjo, Bharti Dayal, Robert J. Del Bontà, Saryu Doshi, Stan Florek, Janice Glowski, M. Adib Misbachul Islam, Russell Kelty, Campbell Macknight, Max Moon, Muchammadun, Thomas Murray, Gael Newton AM, Jaap Otte, Rachel Parikh, Martin Polkinghorne, Dick Richards, Sandra Sardjono, Susan Scollay, Rajeshwari Shah, Yuexiu Shen, Sim Tan, Mai Sheong Wong, Maria Wronska-Friend.

Publication

Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2023.
©2022

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Description

468 pages : colour illustrations; 31 x 26 cm

Summary

This book honours Michael Abbott's generous gifts to many cultural institutions around Australia, which have benefited from his passion for the art and culture of southern and Southeast Asia. Assembled in this book are texts by more than 30 curators, scholars and artists from throughout the world that discuss these collections, making associations, providing contexts, and offering depth of insight and scholarship. -- Foreword.

Subject

Note

Mei Sheong Wong is incorrectly attributed as Mai on title page and in contributor biography.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Reflections / Michael Abbott, AO, KC -- 2. A reminiscence / Thomas Murray -- 3. An early blue-and-white batik / Sandra Sardjono -- 4. Beautiful maidens and royal hunts : Who was the market for early Indian figurative trade textiles? / James Bennett -- 5. Conversations across the Indian Ocean : Influence of Indonesian textile styles on Indian trade cloths / James Bennett -- 6. Sarasa in print in the context of Tokugawa Japan / Russell Kelty -- 7. European cottons for Indonesian Islands / Maria Wronksa-Friend -- 8. Galiku' : Stories of cloth in Arnhem land / Max Moon -- 9. Michael Abbott and the Southeast Asian Ceramic Archaeology Laboratory at Flinders University / Martin Polkinghorne -- 10. From Hitzen to Banten : The Michael Abbott collection of Japanese export ceramics / Russell Kelty -- 11. European ceramics for Malay customers : Trade wares found in the Indonesian archipelgo / Jaap Otte -- 12. Noble shadows : The ancestral art of Indonesia and Malaysia / James Bennett -- 13. Textiles of Timor : From the collection of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory / Joanna Barrkman -- 14. Mixing cultural diversity in Cirebon batik : The 'Fragrant gardens of Sunyaragi' (Taman arum Sanyaragi) motif / Nurdiyanash Dalidjo -- 15. Qilin, rabbit and pencils : Batik tokwi from northcoast Java / Yuexiu Shen and Mei Sheong Wong -- 16. Fuji batik : The 'Japanese shop era' (zaman toko Jepang) / Russell Kelty -- 17. Islamic manuscripts / Ali Akbar and M. Adib Misbachul Islam -- 18. The photograph and Javanese cosmological order / Matt Cox -- 19. Naga serpents and patchwork jackets : Talismanic motifs in Javanese and Balinese art / James Bennett -- 20. Portals of the imagination / Bruce Carpenter -- 21. Continuity and changes in community art traditions : Sasak and Balinese textiles on the island of Lombok / Machammadun and James Bennett -- 22. The Balinese collection at the Australian Museum, Sydney / Stan Florek -- 23. A collection of 'melon pots' / Campbell Macknight -- 24. Textiles of the Malay world / Sim Tan -- 25. A Makara architectural ceramic from Thailand / Dick Richards -- 26. A Siamese presentation cup / Michael Backman -- 27. A meditating Digambara Jina / Saryu V. Doshi -- 28. Understanding the otherworldly : The Jaina cosmos in art -- 29. The tale of Śālibhadra and Dhanya : The outcome of Punya / Robert J. Del Bontà -- 30. A Śatruñjaya tïrtha paṭa / Robert J. Del Bontà -- 31. Hall of Sermons (Samavasrana) / Rajeshwari Shah -- 32. Invitation letter to a Jaina monk (vijñaptipatra) / Nalini Balbir -- 33. A matter of smoke : Ritual fire and communication in South Asia / Janice Glowski -- 34. Madhubani art and Mithila painting / Bharti Dayal -- 35. The Michael Abbott collection of Indian photography / Gael Newton -- 36. Mughal tent hanging, India / Susan Scollay -- 37. Woman's festive dress, Bayt al-Fakih region, Yemen / Susan Scollay -- 38. Suzanis : Decorative hangings from Uzbekistan / Susan Scollay.

Call Number

JQG 24-419

ISBN

9781921668555
1921668555

LCCN

2021388717

OCLC

1377679792

Title

Publisher

Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2023.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Bennett, James, 1953- editor, author.

Kelty, Russell (Art historian), editor, author.

Akbar, Ali, author.

Backman, Michael, 1967- author.

Balbir, Nalini, author.

Barrkman, Joanna, author.

Carpenter, Bruce W., author.

Cox, Matt, author.

Dalidjo Nurdiyansah, author.

Dayal, Bharti, author.

Del Bontà, Robert John, author.

Doshi, Saryu, author.

Florek, Stan M., author.

Glowski, Janice, author.

Islam, M. Adib Misbachul, 1973-, author.

Macknight, C. C. (Charles Campbell), author.

Moon, Max, author.

Muchammadun, M. (Muchammadun), author.

Murray, Thomas, 1951- author.

Newton, Gael, author.

Otte, Jaap, author.

Parikh, Rachel, author.

Polkinghorne, Martin, author.

Richards, Richard John, 1938- author.

Sardjono, Sandra, author.

Scollay, Susan, author.

Shah, Rajeshwari, author.

Shen, Yuexiu, author.

Tan, Sim, author.

Wong, Mei Sheong, author.

Wronska-Friend, Maria, 1953- author.

Art Gallery of South Australia, publisher.

Research Call Number

JQG 24-419

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