Lectures
Each year, the Oriental Ceramic Society (OCS) curates a series of lectures that are given by distinguished scholars. These talks are scheduled once a month in the evening and are usually held in the Society of Antiquaries at The Royal Academy in Piccadilly. At the present time, however, because of the global pandemic we have moved our lecture series online. Please see upcoming online lectures below.
Art Objects and Nostalgia in the ‘Dream of the Red Mansions’
This talk by Dr. Edward Luper will follow our Annual General Meeting. ...
Newly-discovered plaques portraying late Jingdezhen porcelain production
Dr Shirley Mueller introduces a set of 17 carved porcelain plaques depicting Jingdezhen porcelain making. ...
The Eumorfopoulos Phoenix-Head Ewer Revisited
Peter Lam is presently Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ...
The Sir Michael Butler Memorial Lecture – New sources of evidence for the classification and understanding of the Sir Michael Butler collection of 17th-century Chinese porcelain
Teresa Canepa and Katharine Butler will present the fruits of their research for the definitive catalogue raisonné of Sir Michael’s renowned collection ...
Feminine Space and Playthings: Recontextualization of Trompe l’Oeil Porcelain in High Qing China
Chih-En Chen is the recipient of our prestigious George de Menasce Memorial Trust Award. ...
Previous Lectures
Chinese Painting and the Chinese Iconographic Thesaurus: New Directions in Art Historical Research
ExpiredThis special OCS talk is our annual Sonia Lightfoot Memorial Paintings Lecture. ...
Blanc de Chine: A Continuous Conversation
ExpiredThis is a two-part presentation with Dr. Xiaoxin Li focussing on Blanc de Chine in the V&A collection and Peter Ting and Ying Jian discussing contemporary ceramic making in Dehua. ...
Lü Dalin and Jades of the Song Dynasty
ExpiredThis special event is is our annual Woolf Jade Lecture ...
The Grandidier Collection and Sir Percival David: Rediscoveries
ExpiredLucie Chopard is a doctoral student working on Ernest Grandidier and the reception of Chinese art in France. ...
Continuity and Change: The Study of the Ceramics of Yaozhou
ExpiredRose Kerr is a past President of OCS and Honorary Associate of the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge ...
The annual Sir Michael Butler Memorial Lecture – Collecting and Interior Design in Britain
ExpiredDr. Helen Glaister is the Course Director of the V&A Arts of Asia Year Course and ...
Continuation and Innovation: Chinese Bronzes of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)
ExpiredLu Pengliang joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013. He serves as associate curator of ...
Remarks on Applying Traditional Appraisal Methods when Appraising Ancient Ceramics
ExpiredProfessor Lü Chenglong, Director of the Department of Objects and Decorative Arts, The Palace Museum, BeijingAsia ...
Japanese Ceramics in the Royal Collection
ExpiredRachel Peat is Assistant Curator of Non-European Works of Art at Royal Collection Trust, and editor ...
The reception and consumption of Chinese porcelain in Europe and the New World, 16th and 17th centuries
ExpiredTeresa Canepa is a member of the Council of the Oriental Ceramic Society, and co-editor of ...
Gifts from the Kangxi Emperor to his Grandmother
ExpiredRosemary Scott took an honours degree in Chinese Art & Archaeology at the School of Oriental and ...
Chinese Pottery, Stoneware and Porcelain 1368-1661
ExpiredPeter White, our Vice President and Treasurer and long-time collector of Chinese ceramics.His third lecture will ...
