BY SUSAN TOSK and DAVID COLE

As Japanese artisans have often done throughout history, they refined and perfected the quality, beauty and craftsmanship of the bonbonnière. The most precious metals were used in the creation of the container—a pure silver box with details of a family crest in pure gold.

BY FRANCES WOOD

This article traces the development of the Oriental Ceramics Society (OCS) from its early days to the present, including an examination of its early activities and interests led by its founding members.

BY GUO FUXIANG

This article aims to undertake a comprehensive examination of the history of the archers’ thumb rings in regard to their production, collection and presentation as awards. The social-historical circumstances relating to Emperor Qianlong’s attention to, and control over, the production of imperial jade archers’ rings will also be examined.

BY LAN MORGAN

This article serves to provide an overview of PEM’s historical connections with Asia, while broadly highlighting areas of PEM’s exemplary Asian collections.

BY PETER Y.K. LAM

This article attempts to plot the development of Kangxi imperial porcelain, against the respective tenures of the imperially appointed supervisors and designers of porcelain production at Jingdezhen, by making reference to examples in the Dawentang Collection.