Stoneware tea leaf jar named Shoka (Pine Flower), China, southern Song-Yuan dynasties, 13th-14th century.
Unknown artist, tea leaf jar named Shoka (Pine Flower), stoneware, pottery, red and white slip, and iron glaze. China, southern Song-Yuan dynasties, 13th-14th century. Height: 39.7 cm / diameter (mouth): 11.6 cm / diameter (bottom): 12.7 cm / weight: 4,350g (Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan).

Art history majors publish papers in undergraduate journal

Research papers from art history students Isabelle (Izzy) Villanueva (BA ‘25) and Sophie Jorcino (BA ‘25) were recently published in see/saw (vol 2, no. 1 (2025). Izzy’s paper, ”Trade-Induced Transformation: Ruson Tsubo in the Philippines and Japan,” was written for Professor Katharine Burnett’s pro-seminar in Spring 2024. Sophie’s article “Native Images, Civil Images: Art Education in Indian Boarding Schools,” was produced for a seminar with Professor Talinn Grigor.

Congratulations Izzy and Sophie!

Read their papers and the impressive work of other young art history scholars here.

See/saw is an undergraduate print journal produced by History of Art Undergraduate Association at UC Berkeley and dedicated to publishing original research in art history and art criticism.

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