Symposium on scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art

Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art:
Topics in Ancient Metallurgy
Freer Gallery
October 28-29, 2010

To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the publication of The
Freer Chinese Bronzes, by J. Rutherford Gettens, the Fifth Forbes
Symposium on Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art will be
dedicated to the discussion of topics in Asian metallurgy. The
symposium, organized by the Department of Conservation and
Scientific Research of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, will be held
at the Freer Gallery on October 28-29, 2010.

A preliminary program and registration (coming soon) can be found on
the internet at:

    <URL:http://www.asia.si.edu/visitor/dcsrSymposium.htm>

Questions regarding the symposium may be addressed to:

    Forbes Symposium 2010/DCSR
    Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
    Smithsonian Institution, MRC 707
    PO Box 37012
    Washington DC 20013 7012
    USA
    dcsr<-at->si<.>edu

Support for the symposium is provided by the Edward W. Forbes Fund.


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