Chinese Ceramics Art Exhibition

This striking vessel was made only shortly after the first appearance of blue and white.

Chinese ceramics art exhibition.

A new exhibition featuring the ming dynasty painter qiu ying ca. Chinese ceramic ware is an art form that has been developing since the neolithic period. Yue ware was fired in dragon kilns the yue glazing was an ash glaze made with a recipe using wood ash and clay and possibly small amounts of limestone. The first section provides a survey of the technical development of chinese ceramics including the three basic types of clay earthenware stoneware and.

The first pottery was made during the palaeolithic era. Visit the china and south asia gallery. Chinese objects have been a part of the british museum since its establishment based on the collection of sir hans sloane. Firing temperature is thought to have been about 1 000 c or slightly higher.

2500 bc neolithic period to the 19th century. Sales include a wide range of works such as ceramics jades furniture bronzes sculptures paintings and clocks from the neolithic period to the qing dynasties. Where the truth lies. The art of qiu ying.

The chinese art galleries highlight several beautiful examples of song 960 1279 and yuan 1260 1368 dynasty ceramics and examples of contemporary chinese art. The color of the glaze ranges from grey to olive to brown. One of the rarest chinese ceramics in lacma s collection is the mid 14th century porcelain jar with pair of peacocks among floral scrolls. The collection has since grown to about 23 000 objects that span the neolithic age to the present.

Visit the chinese ceramics gallery. Few artists in chinese history have proven as enigmatic as qiu ying whose life and art reveal a series of paradoxes. 1552 just opened today at the los angeles county museum of art lacma. Visit the chinese jade gallery.

The collections are particularly strong in international contemporary studio ceramics european porcelain and pottery from 1500 onwards and ceramics from china japan and the middle east. Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of chinese art and ceramics globally. All orders placed in the coming weeks will be processed upon china institute s reopening to be confirmed according to guidelines laid out by the cdc. Please contact katharine vann gallery coordinator for any questions on catalogue orders.

Highlights include the collections of italian renaissance maiolica chinese porcelain dutch delft british and european porcelain 19th century art pottery. For the health and safety of our team we will be temporarily suspending all catalogue shipments. The history of chinese ceramics began some eight thousand years ago with the crafting of hand molded earthenware. This department offers great masterpieces of chinese art and antiques for auction.