Handling Session at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge – SOLD OUT
Chinese and Korean Celadon-glazed Ceramics from the 10th to the 13th Centuries
Friday 10th October: 11:30am – 1pm
Join Dr. James Lin, Senior Curator Chinese Art at the Fitzwilliam Museum, for an intimate handling session featuring ceramics from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection.
Booking Information
Price: £10
On Sale Date: Monday, 15 September, 7pm
How to Book: This event is SOLD OUT
Important Notes
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All ticket proceeds will be donated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Event Information:
Location: GR Room, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Meeting Point: 11.15 am, South Entrance, Fitzwilliam Museum.
Ticket holders should gather here to be taken to the handling session. Please bring a copy of your ticket either printed or on a phone.
Accessibility Information
For detailed access information please visit:
Fitzwilliam Museum Access Page
Visit Access Able Information
Step Free Access
Step-free entry is available through the Courtyard Entrance at street level. This entrance is accessible directly from the bus stop outside the Museum gates. The handling session is accessible via a lift.
Wheelchair users are welcome and we ask participants to let us know in advance.
Stepped Access
The Main Entrance has 18 stone steps.
From there, an additional 24 stairs lead to the upper galleries, and 16 stairs lead to the lower galleries. There is no lift at this entrance or on this side of the building.
Wheelchair Access
Wheelchair users are welcome. Please let us know in advance if you require wheelchair access, so arrangements can be made.
Assistance Dogs
The museum have confirmed assistance dogs are welcome with advance notification so we can prepare to accommodate your visit.
Contact to discuss these or any other access enquiries.
Image: C.6-1968
Bequeathed by Mrs Walter Sedgwick, 1968, through the National Art Collections Fund.
Courtesy of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Stoneware dish, with a thick, very pale greyish green opaque glaze with a dark grey fine crackle. Kuan type. The dish has a wide base and straight slanting sides. Six depressions in lip to represent flower petals. Convex central surface. The body is exposed at one place on the lip, and burnt reddish brown short, glazed, tapering foot with unglazed rim burnt dark reddish brown. Glazed base.
