Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1999

with Hong Kong poet Leung Ping-kwan on 29th March 1999. Art Museum Exhibitions The Art Museum organized three exhibitions in the West-wing Galleries between November 1998 and May 1999: • Unearthing Hong Kong Before the Advent of Writing: A Decade of Archaeology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong took place from 25th November 1998 to 10th January 1999. With the Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art as co- organizer, the exhibition featured archaeological finds resulting from 10 years' intensive excavation work conducted by the centre. Bronze daggar, Shek Pik Site • Pre-Qin Civilization in the Jianghan Region, an exhibition jointly organized with Hubei Provincial Museum, Jingzhou Museum, and Yichang Museum, was held from 22nd January to 21st March 1999. Bifacial bronze drum, Late Shang Dynasty Embroidery with intercoiled dragon and pheonix pattern, Mid Warring States period With the Jianghan Plain of Hubei as its centre, the Jianghan Region is an important ancient cultural site along the Yangtze River. The 98 exhibits on display have been excavated in this region and date from the late Palaeolithic period of 50,000-40,000 BP to the late Warring States period of 3rd century BC. They included stone implements, pottery, jades, bronzes, gold ware, lacquerwares, and textiles. • The I r o n Brush — Rubbings from Ancient Chinese Pictorial Stone Carvings and Bricks ran from 1st April to 16th May 1999. The exhibition featured 100 rubbings selected from the Art Museum collection. Exhibits date from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. Literary Gathering of the Orchid Pavilion, Ming rubbing Procession of Immortals, Han rubbing Obituary The University records with sadness the passing away of Prof. T.B. Lin, Emeritus Professor of Economics and former head of New Asia College, on 12th November 1998 in Taichung, Taiwan, at the age of 63. Prof. Lin joined the University as assistant lecturer in commerce in 1966, becoming senior lecturer in economics in 1974, reader in 1979, and was appointed professor of economics in 1983. He was head of New Asia College from 1985 to 1992, and retired from the University in 1995.• Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 1999 Pendant set, Shang Dynasty, Tai Wa n

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