Events

Date: Thursday 23 April 2026, 10am-11am Location: Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Rd, London, W14 8LZ We are pleased to offer OCS members a special guided tour of The Arab Hall: Past and Present with Dr Melanie Gibson. This event accompanies Dr Gibson’s OCS lecture, Frederic Leighton – A Victorian Traveller and Collector in the […]

Handling Session hosted by Bonhams.

Dr Mok H. Y. Charitable Foundation Lecture Speaker: Becky MacGuire Brazilian Renato de Albuquerque spent almost 50 years carefully building a vast collection focused on the cultural interchange embodied in Chinese ceramics and other Asian export arts. Now that collection has come to life as a dynamic institution that will study, preserve and interpret the […]

This event is sold out but a second session will be held on Tues 26 May at 2.30pm, please use the Ticket link to sign up on the waitlist. We will contact you to confirm your place and the address. Date: Tuesday 26 May 2026, 10.30am-12.30pm Location: Parsons Green, London Price: Free (entry is strictly […]

Date: Wednesday 3rd of June 2026 Time: 17:30 Venue: Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BE and on Zoom Who: OCS members only This is to give OCS members notice that the Oriental Ceramic Society AGM 2026 will take place at 17:30 on Wednesday 3rd of  June 2025 at the Society of Antiquaries, […]

Sir Joseph Hotung Memorial Lecture Series Speaker: Professor Stacey Pierson In the spring of 1934, Sir Philip Sassoon hosted an exhibition titled ‘Porcelain Through the Ages’ at his London home at 25 Park Lane. Featuring over 500 European, English and Chinese porcelains arranged across four grand living spaces, the exhibition was one of a series […]

Date: Friday 26 June 2026, 10am-4pm Location: Burghley House, Peterborough, Stamford PE9 3JY Price: £55 (includes tea and coffee) Members are responsible for their own travel to Burghley House. Please plan ahead and do not be late. To purchase tickets visit the TICKETS page  We are pleased to offer OCS members a private viewing of […]