Ep. 4: Objects of Curiosity

This episode highlights Objects of Curiosity: What Will We Discover?, featuring Lisa Anderson-Zhu, Associate Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art. We’ll also learn more about our viral sensation Fat Sparrow Netsuke with Angie Elliot, Terry Drayman-Weisser Head of Object Conservation.

Episode Segments

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:46 Overview of Objects of Curiosity: What Will We Discover?
• 02:53 Interview with Lisa Anderson-Zhu, Associate Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art
• 22:34 Highlighting the Fat Sparrow Netsuke with Angie Elliott, Terry Drayman-Weisser Head of Object Conservation.
• 27:14 Credits

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Artworks & Exhibitions mentioned:

• 1 West Mount Vernon Place
• Excursions through the Collection
• Majolica Mania
• Standing Warrior Holding a Sword
• Copy of the “Mona Lisa”
• Mirror with Female Figure and Engraved Scene: Inlay of a Head of a Crocodile
• Inlay Fragment of the Crown of Lower Egypt
• Inlay Fragment of a Torso
• Inlay of a Head in Profile
• Inlay of a Face in Profile
• Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysus
• Netsuke of a stylized fukurasusume (“fat sparrow”)
• Across Asia: Arts of Asia and the Islamic World