Following our collaborative workshop, 'Bookish Bodies, Flowery Worlds: Expertise and Collaboration in Early Modern Natural Philosophy', held at Aarhus University, we are delighted to share the latest ...

...#Joseon #BlueAndWhite #CraneAndTortoise #ACESGallery #FallEstatesAuction #StamfordConnecticut #18thCentury #KoreanPorcelain #UnderglazeBlue #LongevitySymbols #BunwonKilns #AntiqueAuction #RecordPrice #CulturalArtifact #AsianArt An uncommon Joseon dynasty blue-and-white jar realized $344,400 at auction, far surpassing its $5,000–10,000 estimate. Sold as lot 100 during ACES Gallery’s Fall Estates Auction on October 18 in Stamford, Connecticut, the 13½-inch ovoid vessel had spent decades on the living room floor of a house in Bedford, New York, part of a collection assembled over a lifetime by its owner.

We are delighted to welcome Karen Stolley (Emory University) as our Besterman speaker this year. She is going to speak on ‘Ways of knowing in the Hispanic Enlightenment’. The global eighteenth century...

An anonymous imitation of the work of Alexander Pope, timed to a change in the calendar