NEW BOOK: EAST ASIAN COLLECTIONS IN SCOTLAND

In 2017, as part of an Ancient Egypt and East Asia National Programme, National Museums of Scotland (NMS) began a review of East Asian collections in Scotland, supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, delivered by the Museums Association. The completed review East Asian Collections in Scotland (2020) covers 36 organisations, and highlights some of the objects and stories of these collections.

The survey covers three countries: China, Japan and Korea, and all types of objects, including numismatic material. The types of objects are: (1) Works on Paper/Silk/Pith, (2) Metalwork, (3) Cloisonné and Glass, (4) Ceramics, (5) Lacquer, (6) Carved Ivory/Stone/Wood, (7) Textiles, Dress/Embroidery, (8) Fibre/Bamboo/Wooden Structures, (9) Numismatics, (10) Photography, (11) Miscellany. The inclusion of a separate section devoted to numismatics is a very welcome development, the initiative of Dr Qin CAO, now a curator at the NMS, and previously a Future Curator in Asian Numismatics at the British Museum and the Manchester Museum.

NOTE: The review specifically covered East Asian collections in museums. There may also be numismatic collections in libraries: for example, the collection of Theophilus Siegfried Bayer (1694-1738) in the Special Collections and Archives of the University of Glasgow Library. Bayer was perhaps the first European to take Chinese numismatics seriously – see my earlier post about his collection. If you know of any other East Asian numismatic collections in Scotland, please leave a comment below.

To read the complete article, see:
79. EAST ASIAN MONEY AND MEDALS IN SCOTTISH COLLECTIONS (https://chinesemoneymatters.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/79-east-asian-money-and-medals-in-scottish-collections/)

To read the review online, see:
Scotland's East Asia Collections (https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-international/sharing-collections/national-projects/east-asia-collections/)
East Asian Collections in Scottish Museums (https://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1161839/east-asia-collections-in-scotland.pdf)

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