{"id":12311,"date":"2017-06-10T23:04:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T03:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=12311"},"modified":"2017-06-10T23:04:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T03:04:49","slug":"nus-museum-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=12311","title":{"rendered":"NUS Museum, Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/museum.nus.edu.sg\">NUS Museum<\/a>, a\u00a0beautifully designed and\u00a0well curated museum on the campus of\u00a0National University of Singapore. Naturally, I was on the lookout for antiques with inventive repairs and happily, found some\u00a0examples to write about.<\/p>\n<p>The Lee Kong Chian gallery on the lobby level features Chinese export ceramics from the Lee Kong Chian Museum\u00a0and the archaeological collection of Dr. John Miksic. Hiding in plain sight was this vase\u00a0made during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), in Jinjiang, Fujian. Its\u00a0silver replacement lid and collar were\u00a0added hundreds of years later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12312\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12312\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12312\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8114-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8114-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8114-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8114-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12313\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12313\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8116-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8116-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8116-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8116-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also on the lobby level is the Archaeology Library, which includes thousands of excavated ceramic shards and artifacts, on loan from institutions and private collectors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12314\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12314\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8122-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8122-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8122-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8122-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12315\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12315\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8123.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8123-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8123-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I spotted this blue &amp; white porcelain hulu\u00a0(gourd-shaped) ewer from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) among hundreds of ceramics, in the\u00a0Resource Gallery on the top level. I have always loved galleries such as this, as they are typically more casual than curated exhibits and have a bit of an antiques shop or flea market vibe.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Yuan_dynasty.2C_1271.E2.80.931368\" class=\"mw-headline\"><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12316\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12316\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8142-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8142-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8142-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8142-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12317\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12317\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12317\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8144-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8144-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8144-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8144-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12318\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12318\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8154.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8154-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8154-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=12319\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12319\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8162.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8162-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8162-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I visited the NUS Museum, a\u00a0beautifully designed and\u00a0well curated museum on the campus of\u00a0National University of Singapore. Naturally, I was on the lookout for antiques with inventive repairs and happily, found some\u00a0examples to write about. The Lee Kong Chian gallery on the lobby level features Chinese export ceramics from the Lee Kong Chian Museum\u00a0and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12322,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12311\/revisions\/12322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}