This book illustrates and describes a collection of ceramics used in the tea ceremony. This collection was assembled over a decade by Hiromu Honda and Noriki Shimazu. The book is arranged in three parts: the first part on ceramics made in Vietnam from pre-Christian days until the sixteenth century; the second and third on Chinese porcelain and stoneware of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

During the Festival of Indonesia in the United States (1990-1) there was a remarkable display of traditional art and performance. However, the emphasis in art was upon classical sculpture (pre-sixteenth century), royal court treasures, textiles, and ethnographic objects from Indonesia's Outer Islands. There was no exhibition devoted solely to the country's folk art and certainly none to that from Java. In addition, there have been very few studies,...

Hand-spun and hand-woven textiles have always been an integral part of the cultures of South-East Asia. As a dynamic art form, threads woven and worn often provide a revealing insight into the past and present lives of the weavers and wearers. This book maps contemporary areas of production and markets, and documents a cross-section of current practices and examples of tie and dye weaving in Indonesia. Aimed at both the textile student and the general...