Empire of Things
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Gallery 401, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Why do we collect things? Where do the prized objects and artwork in museums come from? Empire of Things asks these questions and more by exploring the relationships among objects, the people who made them, and the people who collected, studied, and displayed them. The exhibition includes a range of artworks, including architectural fragments, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, paintings, and sculpture.
Exhibition images
Works of art
400s, Sasanian dynasty (224–651)
circa 1926–1928
late 600–early 500 BCE
1700–1735
1800s, Qajar period (1794–1925)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
circa 1700s
1200s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
1000s–1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
probably after 1877
late 1800s
late 1800s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
mid 1700s, mark and reign of Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s–1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
mid 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Qajar period (1795–1925)
1800s, Qajar period (1795–1925)
1800s, Qajar period (1794–1925)
circa 1800s, Qajar period (1795–1925)
1890–1920, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) to Republic of China (1911–1949)
1850–1875, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1600, Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
1850s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
late 1600s, Edo period (1600–1868)
circa 1850s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Edo period (1600–1868)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Ptolemaic Period, 305–30 BCE
1895, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1200–1300s, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353)
mid 1900s
late 1800s
early 1900s
circa 1769–1795
circa 1855–1890
Middle Bronze Age (2000–1600 BCE)
1860–1891
Neo–Assyrian Empire, 911 BCE–612 BCE
late 600–early 500 BCE
200s–300s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
circa 1890
1920–1922
mid 1700s
circa 1750–1765
circa 1750–1765
circa late 1800s
1694
1660–1670
circa 1826
circa 1700
circa 1775–1780
circa 300 BCE, Ptolemaic Kingdom, 332 BCE–30 CE
early 1500s
1500s or 1800s
circa 1465–1469
early 1100s
late 1500s
circa 100 CE, Roman Empire (27 BCE–476 CE)
early 1500s
1700s
circa 1500–1530
late 300s–200s BCE, Hellenistic period (323–146 BCE)
circa 1735–1740
1500s–1700s
1100s
early 1400s
circa early 1500s
circa 1500
circa 1500
300s–mid 400s, late Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE) or Early Christian (100–500 CE)
circa 300 BCE, Ptolemaic period (330–30 BCE)
late 1500s
circa 1710
circa 100 BCE–100 CE, Roman Empire
(27 BCE–395 CE)
circa 100s CE
early 1900s
late 1890s–early 1900s
late 1400s
late 1600s–early 1700s
1924–1931
circa 1920s, Republic period, (1923–present)
1828–1835
mid-late 1800s
circa 1870
circa 200s CE, Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE)
circa 1780
late 1600s–early 1700s
late 1600s–early 1700s
late 1500s
early 1500s
early 1600s
circa 2500 BCE, Old Kingdom (circa 2575 BCE–2150 BCE)
1850–1900
mid 1900s
1800s, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911
1100s–1200s, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
circa 1900–1910
late 1800s, Ottoman Empire (1299–1923)
circa 1630
circa 1913
circa 1625–1632
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
circa 300 BCE, Warring States period (BCE 481–BCE 221)
circa 1770
circa 1638–1640
late 1800s
mid 1800s–early 1900s
1905–1910
early 1900s
1907
early 1900s
1830–1840
circa 1570–1590
circa 1899
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
mid 1800s
1700s
Greco–Roman Empire, 800s BCE–400s CE
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1200 BCE–1000 BCE, late Shang dynasty (circa 1600–1046 BCE) to early Western Zhou dynasty (circa 1120–770 BCE)
early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
1750s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s or 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
late 1800s
1900s
circa 1810
1900s
early 1800s
1700s
late 1700s
1800s
late 1800s–1914
mid 1900s
1850–1890
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s
1960s–1970s
mid-late 1900s
circa 1900
November 1, 1895, Meiji period (1868–1912)
1800s
late 1400s, Lodi dynasty (1451–1526)
mid 1700s
circa 1997
1800s, Edo Period (1600–1868)
200–300s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
200–300s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
300–400s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
late 1900s
1700s
circa 1670
circa 1670
2010
circa 1920s, Republic Period (1923–present)
Events
February 19, 2017
Talk
2:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 401, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery
March 11, 2017
Activity
1:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 406, John and Linda Stewart Gallery
April 9, 2017
Talk
2:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 401, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery
October 26, 2017
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 401, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery
February 11, 2018
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery, 401
March 11, 2018
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery, 401
November 18, 2018
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery, 401
December 13, 2018
Talk
10:15–11:15AM
Spencer Museum of Art, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery, 401
May 18, 2019
Activity
1:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery, 401
February 23, 2020
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Lester "Dusty" Loo Gallery, 401