Society for Asian Art Newsletter for Members

July - August 2014 No. 4

The Society for Asian Art is a support organization for the

The annual SAA Advisors Luncheon was held this year on April 27 in the Museum's Peterson Room. The SAA Advisors group, comprising West Coast-based scholars and educators, assist us in educational programming. Their contributions include referrals to academics, delivery of lectures, design and delivery of a Literature and Culture seminar series, or service as resident scholar on an SAA trip. !At our recent meeting we introduced six new advisors, bringing our total complement to thirty. New Advisors are Dr. Mitra Ara, San Francisco State University; Dr. Sandra Cate, San Jose University; Dr. Nalini Ghuman, Mills College; Dr. Alma Kunanbaeva, Stanford University; Dr. John Nelson, University of San Francisco; and Dr. Emily Sano, AAM Director Emeritus. Their expertise ranges from the music of India to Shinto practice in contemporary Japan. !We were delighted to have 19 advisors attend this year along with members of the SAA Board of Directors. The Advisors had the opportunity to share with us their current areas of research and scholarship as well as new publications. Attending Board members contributed various dishes to the buffet, supplemented by dishes from Cafe Asia. The accompanying photos capture the fun and excitement of the event, scheduled each year as a means to thank the Advisors for their service.

Thank you SAA Advisors!

Merrill Randol, Linda Lei, Emily Sano, Maureen Hetzel

Al Dien and Lewis Lancaster

Bruce and Therese Bartholomew, Rick Beleson

Lewis Lancaster, Penny Edwards, Bob Del Bonta

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Society for Asia Art!July - August No. 4 !

Members’ Newsletter Edited by Jeanne Dorward, Jim Frank

and Judy Fraschella published bimonthly by: !

Society for Asian Art 200 Larkin Street

San Francisco, CA 94102 www.societyforasianart.org !

Copyright © 2014 Society for Asian Art !Board of Directors 2014-2015 !

President Linda Lei Vice President Anne Adams Kahn Vice President Maureen Hetzel Past President Phyllis Kempner Secretary Jeanne Dorward Treasurer Mel Hetzel Asst. Treasurer Vince Fausone ! Richard Beleson Deborah Clearwaters* Anne Dorsey Sheila Dowell Judy Fraschella Elizabeth (BJ) Johnson Jennifer Kao Kristl Lee Sheryln Leong Forrest McGill* David Menke Julie Kim Nemeth Greg Potts Merrill Randol Teri Sandison Peter Sinton Nazneen Spliedt Lucy Sun Alice Trinkl Kalim Winata Barbara Wirth *ex officio

IN THIS ISSUE

UPCOMING EVENTS (subject to change)

Saturday, June 28 Curated Tour: Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India with Julia M. White !Saturday, July 26 Cooking Demonstration with Nazneen Spliedt !Wednesday, August 6 Curated Tour: Dual Natures in Ceramics: Eight Contemporary Artists from Korea with Timothy O’Brien !Friday, August 15 Lecture: Pre-Islamic Iranian Religions with Mitra Ara !Thursday, August 21 First Thursday Lecture: A Week by the Lakeside of the Goddess of Ghee with Suzanne Klotz !Fridays, August 22 - December 5 Arts of Asia Fall Lecture Series !Sundays, September 7, 14, 21, 28 and October 12 Literature and Culture of Asia: The Mughal World with Munis D. Faruqui

Saturday, September 13 Lecture: Bedouin Weaving with Joy Totah Hilden !Friday, September 26 Lecture: Swayambhu Stupa - an Iconic Buddhist Monument with Padma Maitland !Saturday, October 11 Lecture: Importance of Pottery in the Islamic World with Oliver Watson !Saturday, November 8 Lecture: Dilmun – A Bronze Age State Based in Bahrain and Eastern Saudi Arabia with Benjamin Porter and Alexis Boutin !Fridays, August 29, September 12 and 26, and Sunday, October 12 Souk Donation Drop off days: see article on page 6 for details

Naomi Lindstrom !It is with great sadness that we announce that Naomi Lindstrom has passed away. Naomi, a Canadian by birth, was among the first Flight Attendants for Pan American Airlines. While all the other girls would be lounging at the pool or the beach in exotic locations, Naomi would be out scrounging in the bazaars and antique shops all over Asia. She was a devoted lover and collector of Asian Art, an authority on decorative beads, and a dedicated member of the Asian Art Museum family who served as Museum Docent and was on the Board of the Society for Asian Art for many years. She was generous in sharing her knowledge and showing her collection to countless groups over the years, as well as using pieces from it for SAA's various events. Her many friends will sorely miss her.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF ASIA

Although I have had the pleasure of getting to know many of you through the Society’s programs, as well as at the Asian Art Museum, it is an honor to introduce myself in my new role as President and extend my warmest greetings to the entire SAA family. I am humbled and truly grateful for the opportunity to lead this esteemed organization, which has thrived for more than half a century thanks to exceptionally dedicated and generous members. !As we begin another year, I hope you will join me in welcoming four new Board members: Annie Dorsey, Jennifer Kao, Kristl Lee, and Peter Sinton. I am looking forward to working with such a talented group, and I encourage program participants to speak to any one of us at upcoming events. Your thoughts and ideas are invaluable as we plan for the future of SAA. Additionally, I wish to acknowledge the important contributions of our former President, Phyllis Kempner, and all the outgoing Board of Directors: Ed Baer, Don Meyer, Eileen Bitten, and Coral Reiff. !My foremost priority is to uphold the Society’s legacy of outstanding and innovative programs. For the first time this fall, Islamic art will be the focus of our renowned Arts of Asia Lecture Series. I am also thrilled to announce our first travel program to the Arabian Gulf, along with trips to Korea, Dallas and Boston. Other programs include the ever popular SOUK, as well as a range of academic and social events held in conjunction with the museum’s Gorgeous and Roads of Arabia exhibitions. !Aside from planning exciting programs, the Board of Directors will resume our examination of best practices in organizational governance. Furthermore, the Finance Committee will continue its prudent management of our endowment and unrestricted funds to ensure that the Society can help support the museum’s educational endeavors for many years to come. !Having long been a part of the Society’s unparalleled community of Asian art scholars and enthusiasts, I believe I have good reason to be optimistic about our future and cannot wait to get to work – see you at the Museum! !Sincerely, Linda Shen Lei

The Mughal World With Munis D. Faruqui !When: Sundays, September 7, 14, 21, 28, and October 12 Time: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm Place: Education Studios Fee: $85 Society members, $110 non-members (after Museum admission) !This course will cover aspects of the Mughal World, with each session focusing on one of the following: the politics of the empire, religion, art, architecture, women, and literary cultures. We are fortunate to have Professor Faruqui, an authority on the Mughal Empire and a 2014 recipient of UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award, teaching this course. !Munis Faruqui is a historian and Associate Professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at UC Berkeley, focusing on the Muslim experience in South Asia, especially during the Mughal period. He is the author of Princes of the Mughal Empire (2012), and co-editor of Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History (2013) and Religious Interactions in Mughal India (forthcoming fall 2014). In fall 2008 he taught “Travel & Encounter: The World of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta” for the Literature and Culture course.

A King consults a holy man. Approx. 1770; Opaque watercolors on paper. Gift of Thomas R. Friebel.

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ARTS OF ASIA FALL LECTURE SERIES

Arts of the Islamic World !When: Fridays, August 22 - December 5 Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Place: Samsung Hall Fee: $175 Society members, $200 non-members (for the series after Museum admission)

$20 per lecture drop-in (after Museum general admission, subject to availability) !

Register now for the Fall semester of the Arts of Asia lecture series: Arts of the Islamic World. This will be the first time a lecture series on the arts of the Islamic world has been presented at the Asian Art Museum. The fifteen lectures in the series have been structured to provide a broad overview of both pre-Islamic and Islamic art. The subjects include pre-Islamic art in Iran, Central Asia, Arabia and Byzantium, painting, architecture, ceramics, textiles, calligraphy, Islam in India, attitudes towards images, and contemporary art. !As always, a distinguished roster of prominent scholars and curators has been assembled, several of whom will be coming from famous UK institutions such as Oxford and the British Museum. This series is expected to sell out quickly so please sign up soon!

Bowl with Arabic inscription, approx. 900–1000. Northeastern Iran. Earthenware, underglaze slip. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum, The Avery Brundage Collection, B60P1862.

August 22 Introduction Qamar Adamjee, AAM !August 29 An Introduction to the Art and Architecture of Pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia David Stronach, UC Berkeley !September 5 Arts of Ancient Arabia Massumeh Farhad, Freer & Sackler !September 12 Assimilation and Conquest: Byzantine Sources for Islamic Art Helen Evans, Metropolitan Museum !September 19 Attitudes towards Images In Islam Finbarr Barry Flood, NYU !September 26 Persian Painting: The First Golden Age (1300-1500) Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh !October 3 Seeing and Being Seen in Isfahan: Expanding Gaze for an Early Modern Capital Renata Holod, University of Pennsylvania !October 10 Chinese Influence on Islamic Glazed Ceramics Oliver Watson, University of Oxford

October 17 Glittering Surfaces: Metalwork, Glass, and the Lapidary Arts in the Islamic Lands Pedro Moura Carvalho, AAM !October 24 The Visual Culture of Islam in India Alka Patel, UC Irvine !October 31 Ex Oriente Lux: Luxury Textiles and Oriental Carpets Carol Bier, Independent Scholar !November 7 The Art of Islamic Calligraphy: A Journey through Time Maryam Ekhtiar, Metropolitan Museum !November 14 Seek Knowledge Even as Far as China: East-West Cultural Transmissions in Post Mongol Iran Ladan Akbarnia, British Museum !November 21 Modernism and Islamic Art Iftikhar Dadi, Cornell University !November 28 No Class, Thanksgiving break !December 5 Imagining Europe at the Persian Court in the Seventeenth Century Amy Landau, Walters Art Museum

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MEMBER EVENTS

Curated Tour: Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India With Julia M. White !When: Saturday, June 28 Time: 11:30 am, followed by lunch Place: Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley Fee: $25 (includes admission and lunch) !Join us in visiting the Berkeley Art Museum before it closes in preparation for the move to its new home. Joyful and sensual sculptural figures of Indian deities and dancers join radiant images of enlightened beings from Tibet and Nepal. They are depicted in Deities, Demons and Teachers, which presents a rotating display of works by anonymous Indian, Tibetan, and Nepalese artisans. This exhibition features, among other things, a massive bronze 14th century Tibetan Buddha and a stone image of a 3rd century seated Buddha from the Swat Valley. The tour will be led by Senior Curator Julia White. After the tour we will have lunch at the nearby Great China Restaurant. !Prior to becoming Senior Curator for Asian Art at the Berkeley Art Museum, Julia White was Associate Curator for Asian Art at the Denver Art Museum and Curator for Asian Art at the Honolulu Museum of Art.

Milarepa. Tibet, 18th century, cloth painting. Long-term loan UC Berkeley Art Museum from a private collection.

It's Not All Curry - Part 3 With Nazneen Spliedt !When: Saturday, July 26 Time: 3:30 pm Place: TBA to participants Fee: $30 Society members, non-members $35 !Nazneen will demonstrate and talk about parsi food while we have tea and parsi tea delicacies and watch a demonstration of a few dishes. After everything is cooked (with a little hands-on help from the participants), we will taste what we have prepared for an early dinner. Nazneen will endeavor to make new dishes, different from her previous two demonstrations.

Curated Tour: Dual Natures in Ceramics: Eight Contemporary Artists from Korea With Timothy O'Brien, Curator at SFO Museum !When: Wednesday, August 6 Time: 10:30 am, followed by lunch Place: SFO Museum at United Airlines Terminal 3 Fee: $25 Society members only (includes lunch) Register before July 30 for TSA arrangements !Contemporary Korean artists have long grappled with the interplay of modernization and tradition. Some artists are inspired by the styles rooted in the Joseon dynasty to create modern masterpieces. Timothy O'Brien, the curator for Exhibitions at the SFO Museum, will lead us in exploring this dynamism. This exhibition is co-organized by the Asian and the San Francisco Airport Museum. Eight artists are featured in this show. !After the visit we will go for a Chinese dim sum lunch in Millbrae, one easy BART stop from the airport.

FIRST THURSDAY LECTURE SERIES

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Pre-Islamic Iranian Religions With Mitra Ara !When: Friday, August 15 Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 noon Place: Samsung Hall Fee: $15 Society members, $20 non-members (after Museum admission) !As an important feature of the history of religious traditions, the history of Iranian religious beliefs and its influences are presented from pre-historic times to the advent of Islam. Included are Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Manicheism, and Mazdakism. Highlighted will be the trajectory of some universal concepts first introduced in Iranian religious thought and its genetic and historical relations with other major religions of the world. This lecture will be a good pre-cursor to the Arts of Asia Fall Series on Arts of the Islamic World. !Dr. Mitra Ara is Professor and Founding Director of the Persian Studies Program at San Francisco State University. She received her BA, MA, and PhD from UC Berkeley in the fields of Religious and South Asian Studies and Religions of West Asia. Her research interests include Indo-Iranian religions, cosmology, and eschatology. Dr. Ara is on the Advisors’ Board of the SAA and currently teaches Iranian Religious Traditions, Persian Culture and Civilization at San Francisco State University.

Angel Rock Relief over the Arch of Bustan, Sassanian Dynasty (224 CE-651 CE), Iran.

There will be no July 2014 First Thursday presentation due to an unexpected requirement that the presenter be out of the country. We wish all First Thursday participants a very happy holiday. !A Week by the Lakeside of the Goddess of Ghee With Suzanne Klotz !When: Thursday, August 21 (note this is the second Thursday) Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Place: Education Studios Fee: $10 (after Museum admission) !For one week every June, on the cusp of the summer monsoons, villagers throng a small alpine lake in the western Indian Himalayas. They plunge into its icy waters and circumambulate its perimeter neck deep. They are paying homage to the Budhi Nagin, or old female snake goddess, who lives in its watery depths. The Budhi Nagin is also celebrated as the “Goddess of Ghee” for the staggering quantities of this delicious buttery substance that play a central role in her sacred rites. In June 2013 Suzanne Klotz, our presenter, spent a week by the lakeside of the Goddess of Ghee and captured these rituals in video footage that she will share during this talk. Come and peer into a shrinking world of Himalayan folk goddesses who continue to be worshipped in time-honored ways. !Suzanne Klotz has travelled extensively by foot in the northwestern Indian Himalayas. Since 1991 she has made eighteen trips to remote areas of the mountainous states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh where she has studied and documented the village and tribal cultures. She has lectured at many venues in the San Francisco Bay Area and has published a number of articles.

MEMBER EVENTS

Souk Donations during the Summer !Souk Co-Chairs Greg Potts and Maureen Hetzel are delighted to work with you on accepting any donations for the October 25-26 Souk during the summer months. You can call or email either of us to arrange for drop-off or pick up at your convenience. Greg, located in the East Bay, can be reached at gregory_potts@yahoo.com, or 510-551-5189 (cell), or 510-337-9854 (home). Maureen is in San Francisco and can be reached at moraihetzel@gmail.com, or 415-519-4373 (cell), or 415-751-5334 (home). !We will also host four specific drop-off dates beginning August 29, followed by September 12 and 26, with the final date of October 12. There are many opportunities to contribute to our event so start collecting your donations now!! Photos of items already donated are included in this newsletter and more can be viewed at societyforasianart.org/souk.

SOUK

Narayan Karshala after bathing in Serolsar Lake

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TRAVEL

SAA Travel Policy !Given the high demand for recent SAA trips and anticipated high demand in the future, SAA now accepts checks for trips by mail only. All applications will be accepted on the basis of postmark dates. Interoffice mail and hand delivery of checks are no longer accepted. !Through the Mihrab: Exploring Islamic Art and Architecture, Past and Present !March 13 - 27, 2015, the SAA will be visiting Dubai, Doha, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, and Oman. Islamic scholar, author, and linguist Bruce Wannell will accompany us. The United Arab Emirates and Oman offer an exciting opportunity to participate in world-renowned contemporary art festivals, have director-led museum visits and enjoy private collections and local art galleries. In addition there will be visits to architectural, archaeological, and historical sites. See the brochure in this issue for details. !Dallas/Fort Worth, November 10 – 15, 2014 !We are finalizing the details for our Texas trip with Dr. Emily Sano, Director Emeritus of the Asian Art Museum. In Dallas lucky SAA travelers will attend curator-led tours of the Dallas Museum of Art and the Crow Collection of Asian Art, as well as visiting at least one private collection. In Fort Worth we are going to the Kimbell Art Museum, the Amon Carter Museum, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Full trip details and registration form will be available soon via email blast.

Society SOUK October 25-26

Keep your donations coming

Phone: 415-581-3701 !Fax: 415-861-2358 !Email: saa@societyforasianart.org !Web: www.societyforasianart.org

Contact Information Society for Asian Art Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102

q June 28: Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India with Julia White$25 includes lunch

q July 26: Cooking Demonstration with Nazneen Spliedt$30 Members $35 Non-Members

q August 6: Dual Natures in Ceramics: Eight Contemporary Artists from Korea with Timothy O’Brien

$25 Members Only

q August 15: Pre-Islamic Iranian Religions with Mitra Ara$15 Members $20 Non-Members

q August 21: A Week by the Lakeside of the Goddess of Ghee with Suzanne Klotz $10

q Aug 22 – Dec 5: Arts of Asia Lecture Series Fall 2014 (Arts of the Islamic World)$175 Members $200 Non-Members

q September 7, 14, 21, 28 and October 12: Literature and Culture of Asia$85 Members $110 Non-Members

REGISTRATION FORM

Name____________________________ E-Mail ________________________ Total ________________ !Address __________________________________________________ Zip Code ___________________ ! q Visa q MC q Discover _______-_________-________-________ _____\_____ ___-___-___ Card Number Expiration Date CCV# (3-digit # on back) ! ____________________________________________________________ Signature

Paid Programs Fee Quantity Sub-Total

How to Register To Register you may: !1. Go to our website, sign up and pay on-line: www.societyforasianart.org !

OR !2. Print this registration form and send it with a check to: SAA, 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 !

OR !3. Print this registration form and fax it with your credit card information to: 415-861-2358 !Registration is required for all programs unless otherwise noted. If a program becomes fully enrolled, your payment will be returned. Refunds are granted for cancellations up to one business week before the event and take one or two weeks to process. SAA does not issue tickets or confirmations. You will be contacted ONLY if your registration cannot be completed.

THE SOCIETY FOR ASIAN ART PRESENTS Through the Mihrab: Exploring Islamic Art and Architecture, Past and Present

Dubai, Doha, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Oman with scholar,

Bruce Wannell, March 13 to 27, 2015

Most known for their abundance of oil, the Gulf States also have a remarkable cultural and artistic heritage. They are home to

architectural masterpieces, past and present, fascinating archaeological and historical sites, as well as world-class museums which

display magnificent collections of ancient Islamic painting, calligraphy, pottery, embroidery, and jewelry.

In addition to visiting these architectural, archaeological, and historical sites and museums, we also will visit private art collections and

art galleries and will be VIP guests at Art Dubai, a prestigious International Contemporary Art Fair. In Dubai (United Arab Emirates),

experience a guided architectural walking tour, participate in Art Dubai activities and visit private art collections. Fly to Doha, Qatar,

and visit the Museum of Islamic Arts (MIA), welcomed by the Museum Director. Explore the Old Souk (market) through its maze of

alleyways and dine aboard a traditional Arab dhow. In Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, marvel at the unique contemporary architecture,

an intriguing interpretation of Islamic designs crafted in modern materials. Meet with the Director of the Saadiyat Island Story

Exhibition. In Sharjah and Al Ain, visit art collections, meet local residents and explore impressive buildings and ruins.

Situated on the Arabian Peninsula, Oman is a blend of the new and the old, as evidenced by its architecture, its attitudes, and its

customs. It is a land of majestic forts, imposing castles, and palace ruins. As we travel through the country, we will see traditional village

life, stark majestic mountain ranges, a vast expanse of desert and sandy beaches. Shopping for traditional crafts in vibrant markets offers

an opportunity to interact with local people. Scholar, Bruce Wannell, will accompany our SAA group throughout the trip, enriching our

visit to this fascinating region with his expertise, insights, and enthusiasm.

---------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis of the Study Tour ---------------------------------------------------------- Dubai - 6 nights

Art Week Galleries Night

The Ismaili Centre

Collectors Circle Preview of Art Dubai

Art Collection: Farhad Bakhtiar

Jumeirah Creekside Hotel art collection

SIKKA Art Fair, showcasing Emirati art

Doha - 2 nights

Old city, Souk Wakif

Architectural tour

Museum of Islamic Arts

Katara Cultural Village

The National Museum of Qatar

Sharjah - day visit

Tour of Sharjah Biennale

The Barjeel Art Foundation and

Maraya Art Centre

Abu Dhabi - day visit

Traditional camel market

Saadiyat Island Story Exhibition tour

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Mosque

Al Ain - 1 night

Al Ain National Museum, Archaeological

Parks, Oases and the Al Jahili Fort

Nizwa - 2 nights

Jabreen, Nizwa and Bahla Forts

New Souk

Pottery Factory

Villages of Al Hamra and Tanuf

Muscat - 3 nights

Wadi Bani Awf

Nakhal Fort

Grand Mosque

Ministry of Heritage and Culture

Bait Zubair Museum

Bait Muzna Art Gallery

Muttrah Souk

Bait al Barandah, Al Alam Palace and

Qantab Village

SAA is now a vendor of CSA Travel Protection Insurance 800.348.9505 www.csatravelprotection.com Producer Code: 20100719

You are able to purchase trip insurance which will repay all non-refundable costs for cancelling this trip for ANY reason.

This must be purchased at the time of your initial deposit.

Join SAA members and renowned Islamic scholar, author, and

linguist, Bruce Wannell, on our exciting journey to the Gulf,

exploring Islamic art, architecture, and culture in Dubai, Doha,

Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Oman.

Arrive in Dubai; then fly to Doha for an orientation lecture. Go

on a walking tour in the old city, Souk Wakif and an architectural

tour of Doha. Visit the Museum of Islamic Arts, the foremost

museum of Islamic art in the

world. Visit Katara Cultural

Village before returning to

Dubai.

Take an architectural tour of

Dubai, guided by Dubai-based

architect, Richard Wagner. This

tour will cover major

developments and architectural

contributions by prominent

development firms, as well as a

visit to “At the Top” Observation

Deck at Burj Khalifa Tower,

designed by Skidmore Owings &

Merrill. Have first access to and

an exclusive preview of Art

Dubai Fair and enjoy a private

tour of the Fair led by its

Director, Cyril Zammit. Visit the

Ismaili Centre.

Enjoy a Curator’s private tour of

Sharjah Biennale and meet with

Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi,

Director/Curator of the Sharjah

Art Foundation. Visit Sharjah’s

Barjeel Art Foundation and

Maraya Art Centre.

In Abu Dhabi, visit the traditional camel market, tour The

Saadiyat Island Story Exhibition and meet with Hoda Kanoo,

Founder of Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF). See

the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nayan Grand Mosque. Tour Emirati art at the SIKKA Art Fair in Dubai, founded by

Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.

See Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, the "Garden City of the Gulf." Visit the

prehistoric / pre Islam Beehive Tombs at Bat and at Al Ain

Village in Abu Dhabi. Visit the proto-historic sites of Qubur

Juhha.

In Nizwa, Oman, visit 17th c. Nizwa Fort. See the New Souk

complex, which has been sensitively designed using Omani fort

architecture and elegant Islamic arches. Stop at a pottery factory

and the old Bahla Fort with its

approximate 7 mile wall. Explore

the old farming village of Al

Hamra, with its traditional falaj

system of irrigation. Visit the old

village of Tanuf, known for its

seasonal waterfalls. After a stop at

Wadi Bani Awf, visit Nakhal Fort.

In Muscat, Oman, visit the

Grand Mosque and the Ministry

of Heritage and Culture to learn

more about the history and

heritage of Oman. Visit Bait

Adam Museum, Bait Zubair

Museum and Bait Muzna Art

Gallery. Walk through one of the

oldest souks in Oman, Muttrah

Souk, with its narrow alleys and

exotic fragrances of sandalwood

and frankincense. Visit Bait al

Barandah, one of the historical

and cultural sites in Muscat,

known also as the House of

Naseeb. Enjoy a photographic

stop at Alam Palace, the

ceremonial palace of His Majesty, Sultan Qaboos. Al Alam

Palace is flanked by two Portuguese forts, Jalali and Mirani.

Head to Qantab Village for a farewell dinner at Omani House,

which is over 100 years old. Changes in the itinerary,

accommodations, and transportation schedules or site visits

may occur. Please bring a flexible attitude!.

THE SOCIETY FOR ASIAN ART PRESENTS: Through the Mihrab: Exploring Islamic Art and Architecture, Past and Present

R E S E R V A T I O N F O R M I would like to reserve ________ spaces (s) for the Dubai, Doha, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Oman trip.

Enclosed is a deposit of $500.00 per person, in the total amount of $_____________.

Please make check payable to Spiekermann Travel.

Applications will be accepted by mail only and inclusion will be based on postmark date.

Your deposit is refundable up to 90 days prior to departure less a $250.00 per person administration fee.

Room Arrangements Air Arrangements

Single Supplement I plan on making my own air reservations and will send you my

Double Occupancy flight itinerary when complete

I would prefer a roommate, but will pay the I will call you to assist me in purchasing my tickets

single supplement if one is not available IMPORTANT NOTE: Trip begins in Dubai and ends in Muscat

Personal Information: Portions of this tour are very strenuous.

Last Name: ___________________________________ First Name: ___________________________________

Address: _____________________________________ City: _____________ State: _________ Zip: ________

Daytime Phone: _______________________________ E-mail Address: _______________________________

Dubai, Doha, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Oman

$6,880 per person Single Supplement $1,350

Tour price includes

Airport/Hotel/Airport transfers.

Airfare Dubai - Doha - Dubai.

Accommodation based on double occupancy on bed

and breakfast basis.

Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B: Breakfast, L:

Lunch and D: Dinner).

English speaking guide throughout the tour.

Transportation in a private air-conditioned bus.

Site entrance fees and gratuities.

Tour price does not include

All visas currently obtainable on arrival, for UAE

(currently $100.00) and Oman entry visa (currently

$54.00) {all subject to change}.

Airport transfers if not arriving/departing on specified

flights. International airfare NOT included.

Dayrooms or extra hotel overnights if necessary.

Any meals other than specified above.

Expenses of a personal nature.

Travel Protection Insurance.

For more information or a detailed itinerary, please call

Spiekermann Travel at 1 800 645 3233

or the Society for Asian Art at 415 581 3701

Send application to: the Society for Asian Art, 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

A confirmation letter, a declaration & waiver form and travel insurance application will be mailed to you upon receipt of your

deposit. CST: 2046776-13 – Trip cost is based on 20 participants – Some touring is strenuous