Hong Kong Palace Museum

Ceramics constitute a significant part of Chinese material culture. Widely used both as utilitarian goods and as means to display taste and wealth, the development of new ceramic techniques and aesthetics over the centuries led to the production of a huge variety of wares.

Given jointly by Associate Curator Dr Raphael Wong and Assistant Curator Dr Emily Gao, this talk explores the production of imperial porcelains during the Qing dynasty. Dr Gao visualises how collaboration between Chinese artisans from Guangzhou and European Jesuit missionaries—who served at the Qing court in the Kangxi period (1662–1722)—led to the invention of falangcai (“enamel colour”) wares. Dr Wong’s talk takes an in-depth look at an archaic ceramic vessel on display in the Museum’s opening exhibition “Clay to Treasure: Ceramics from the Palace Museum Collection”, which represents in microcosm the confluence between innovation and antiquarianism that occurred during the Qianlong period (1736–1795).

This talk accompanies the opening exhibition “Clay to Treasure: Ceramics from the Palace Museum Collection“ in Gallery 3 at the Hong Kong Palace Museum.

Details

Date	20 August 2022 (Saturday)
Time	3:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue	The Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium
Tickets	Free
Language	Cantonese & Mandarin, with simultaneous interpretation in English, no subtitles are available

Speaker

Dr Raphael Wong

Associate Curator of Hong Kong Palace Museum

Dr Emily Gao

Assistant Curator of Hong Kong Palace Museum

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Hong Kong Palace Museum | HKPM Opening Exhibition Talk Series: Innovation and Antiquarianism: Imperial Porcelains of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)

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HKPM Opening Exhibition Talk Series: Innovation and Antiquarianism: Imperial Porcelains of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)

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Speaker

Dr Raphael Wong

Dr Raphael Wong

Dr Emily Gao

Dr Emily Gao

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