Studying Things as Material Objects 怎么研究 “ 物 ” 之物质文化韩書瑞 Susan Naquin Part I.

Studying Things as Material Objects 怎么研究“物”之物质文化韩書瑞Susan Naquin Part I. How to Use Objects as Sources for Scholarly Research June 22, 2013 上海

Introductory Considerations 物, matter, substance; things, objects 文本, texts 視覺文化, visual culture 物質文化, material culture Object: 物件, 物體, Artifact/artefact: 人工品, 工件 A (physical) thing: 事物, 東西 Question 1: Are you planning on using any material culture sources in your research project?

Important aspects of a material object 一個物體的重要方面: Materials Makers Ideas History Question 2: What scholarly problem could be investigated by studying beds? 學者為甚嗎要研究床?

Materiality 物质性 : size component materials 组件 commodity chain 商品鏈 Makers製造者 artisans 匠 craftsman 技工 artists藝術家 History歷史 when? where? who? why? Meaning, ideas意, 含義 in style 樣式? decoration? whose meaning? how expressed? Qing dynasty bed. 224 x 223 x 145 cm. 黃花梨木, Yellow rosewood, a southern hardwood

Some Suggested Readings on Material Culture Some Introductory: Igor Kopytoff, “The Cultural Biography of Things: Commoditization as Process,” in ArjunAppadurai, ed.The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Cambridge, 1988. Ian Woodward. Understanding Material Culture. Sage: 2007. Karen Harvey, ed. History and Material Culture: A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources. Routledge, 2009. Some Others: Journal of Material Culture. Since 1996. Daniel Miller. Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter. Chicago, 1998. Henry Glassie . Material Culture. Indiana, 1999. Michel de Certeau. The Practice of Everyday Life, trans. Minnesota, 2002. Bill Brown, ed. Things. Chicago, 2004. Lorraine Daston, ed. Things that Talk. MIT, 2004. Tim Ingold. Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture. Routledge, 2013.

華蓋床? 天蓬床?

What was a Chinese bed?

Shanghai Museum of Art 上海博物館 Gallery of Ancient Chinese Bronze 中国古代青铜馆 Gallery of Ancient Chinese Sculpture 中国古代雕塑馆 Gallery of Ancient Chinese Ceramics 中国古代陶瓷馆 Gallery of Ancient Chinese Jades 中国古代玉器馆 Gallery of Ancient Chinese Paintings 中国历代绘画馆 Gallery of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy中国历代书法馆 Gallery of Ancient Chinese Seals 中国历代玺印馆 Gallery of Ancient Chinese Numismatics 中国历代钱币馆 Gallery of Arts and Crafts by Chinese Minorities 中国少数民族工艺馆 Gallery of Chinese Furniture in Ming and Qing dynasties 中国明清家具馆

Chong-ming county museum 崇明縣博物館

“明代. 长221厘米,宽122厘米,高83厘米庄氏家族捐赠罗汉床,可卧可坐，一般放在书房中作临时休息用。此床的床身以铁力木制作，铁力木是硬木中较高大的树种，明式家具中不乏大件以其为材料。床的围档为紫檀材质，采用攒接技法。床面为藤编。”

乌镇江南百床馆. Wuzhen (Zhejiang) Ancient Bed Museum 江南百床馆，是中国第一家专门收藏、展出江南古床的博物馆，座落在乌镇东大街210号，又称赵家厅，面积约1,200多平方米，内收数十张明、清、近代的江南古床精品。

Wang Shixiang (王世襄) 1914-2008 He gave 79 pieces of Ming furniture to the Shanghai Museum. Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture (Chicago: 1995) 清代匠作則例 , 主編王世襄 (鄭州: 2000) 锦灰堆 : 王世襄自选集. (北京:2000)

Auction Houses 拍賣行, a sampling: China Guardian Auction 中国嘉德 Beijing Poly International Auction 北京保利 Sotheby’s 蘇富比 Christie’s 佳士得 Both: New York, Hong Kong, London, Paris. Soon Shanghai? Nagel Auktionen內格爾 . Stuttgart (Germany) 等等 Suite 519A, Shanghai Centre 1376 Nanjing Road WestShanghai 200040, China

国嘉德 2013年春季拍卖会> 物我同修—家青制器.May 11, 2013 七屏风式罗汉床. “Luohan” bed. 尺寸高 68 cm；宽 162 cm；厚 50 cm 估价 : RMB 2,600,000-3,000,000 成交价 : RMB 2,990,000.[US$487,000]

河北保定清代衙門 Qing governor’s yamen in Baoding, Hebei. 1999. Fabric is recent.

kang炕in Dongbei 東北. 2005. (Japanese influence?)

Painting of a 19th century Canton residence.

1640 scene from Xixiang ji 西廂記. Canopy bed enclosed in a screen.

Woodblock illustrations 木板插畫

回到Question 2: What scholarly problem could be investigated by studying beds? 一個學者為甚嗎研究床? Your answers?

Pleasures in bed 在床上性愛.

Using pornographic pictures黃色圖片 as historical sources Privacy?

How comfortable? Night or day? How many people at once?

Who needs a bed, when a mat will do?

Studying Things as Material Objects 怎么研究 “ 物 ” 之物质文化韩書瑞 Susan Naquin Part I.