Royal porcelain from Siam
Subtitle: unpacking the Ring Collection
By: edited by Anne Håbu and Dawn F. Rooney ; photographs by Kirsten Jensen Helgeland ; with additional photographs by Eirik Irgens Johnsen and Frode Larsen
Contributors: Universitetet i Oslo. Kulturhistorisk museum
Publisher: Hermes
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oslo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9788280342003
Subjects: Exhibitions; Art collections; Porcelain
Description: The book provides a general presentation of Bencharong as well as new insight into its nature, history and use, written by some of the leading scholars in the field. Similarities and differences between chinaware exported to Thailand and to other countries in the region are among the topics that are discussed. From which sources has Bencharong derived its unique design? What is the status of this porcelain in Thailand today? The Ring collection of Bencharong receives special attention. In addition, other antiquities in this collection are examined. Some articles also focus on other Norwegian collectors of oriental arts and ceramics. What were the collectors' backgrounds and their motivations? Exhibition: Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, Norway (22.11.2013-31.8.2014).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, November 22, 2013 - August 31, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Bencharong : its history and characteristics; title: 1. Constructing an identity for Bencharong and Lai Nam Thong / Dawn F. Rooney; title: 2. Bencharong : origin, history, use and patronage / Pariwat Thammapreechakorn; title: 3. Bencharong and its place in the Qing Dynasty porcelain trade / Rose Kerr; title: pt. 2. Collections and collectors; title: 4. The Ring Collection of Bencharong / Anne Håbu; title: 5. Adapting to foreign demands : Chinese enameled copperwares for the Thai market / Luisa E. Mengoni; title: 6. "Your Majesty's most humble and dutiful servant" : Theodor Ring, Commander in the Royal Siamese Navy / Anne Håbu; title: 7. Carl Bock : adventurer and collector in nineteenth century Siam / Arild Engelsen Ruud; title: 8. Collectors and collections of Chinese porcelain in Norway / Johanne Huitfeldt; title: 9. The enduring appeal of Bencharong : from royal court ware to tourist trinket / Paul Bromberg; title: 10. Molding merit, distillation of the Dharma : curiosity and curios in the age of collecting / Peter Skilling; title: pt. 3. Motifs and influences; title: 11. Artistic relations between Indian textiles for the Thai market and Bencharong ware / Prapassorn Posrithong; title: 12. Phra Aphai Mani : a classical Thai epos on a porcelain bowl in the Ring Collection / Arthid Sheravanichkul; title: 13. Indian iconography on Bencharong / Jens Braarvig; title: pt. 4. Exhibiting Bencharong; title: 14. The lives of Chinese objects in Thailand and Norway : exhibiting the Ring Collection / Martin Hager-Saltnes.