(Banner: Detail of cat. no. 19. Large underglaze blue porcelain jar with cover with 100 boys playing, Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period, 1522-66.
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The Oriental Ceramic Society Centenary Exhibition
Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of The Oriental Ceramic Society
15 October – 11 December 2021
A selection of press images may be downloaded here.
Cat. no. 1
Green-glazed stoneware meiping with large peonies
Northern Song dynasty, about 1000-1100
Guantai, Handan, Hebei province
Height: 39.8cm
Width: 21.3cm
British Museum, purchased with the help of public subscription from the George Eumorfopoulos collection, 1936,1012.175
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Cat. no. 7
Stone-paste bowl, attributed to the potter Abu Zayd
Mina’i ware dated Beginning of Muharram 583 AH /March 1187 CE
Kashan, Iran
Diameter: 21cm
Height: 9.5cm
British Museum, bequeathed by Oscar Charles Raphael, 1945,1017.261
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Cat. no. 12
Earthenware tomb figure of a roaring lion with green splash-glaze
Tang dynasty, about 700-750
North China possibly Henan province
Height: 26.7cm
British Museum, bequeathed by Henry J. Oppenheim, 1947,0712.11
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Cat. no. 24
Pair of carved lacquer elephants
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 18th century
Height of each: 25.5cm
Length of each: 23cm
Cat. no. 28
Underglaze blue porcelain cylindrical incense burner
Qing dynasty, 1655
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province
Height: 17.7cm
Sir Percival David Collection, PDF C607
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Cat. no. 33
Ru ware cup stand
Northern Song Dynasty, about 1086-1106
Ru kilns, Henan province
Height: 5.8cm
Diameter: 16.5cm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, FE.1-1970
Given by Sir Harry and Lady Garner
© Victoria and Albert Museum
Cat. no. 45
Jade rhyton
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, inscribed with a cyclical date corresponding to 1787
Height: 16.4cm
Width: 15.3cm
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, O.C. Raphael Bequest, O.82-1946
© Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Cat. no. 50
Archaic bronze food vessel, Bo Ju Gui
Early Western Zhou period, c. 1050-975 BCE
Height: 23.8cm
Width (handle to handle): 30.5cm
Weight: 4.5kg
Xiling Collection
Cat. no. 60
Circular gold dish incised with floral blooms
Song dynasty, 960-1279
Diameter: 13.5cm
Weight: 103g
Cat. no. 70
Celadon-glazed stoneware melon-shaped ewer with cover and basin
Koryo dynasty, 12th century
Possibly Sadang-ri, South Cholla Province or Yuch’on-ri, North Cholla Province, Korea
Ewer: height: 16cm; diameter of rim: 4.3cm
Basin: height: 6.5cm; diameter of rim: 18.4cm
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Mr and Mrs G. St. G. M. Gompertz Bequest, C.52 & A-1984, C.53-1984
© Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Cat. no. 83
Underglaze blue and polychrome painted porcelain jar and cover
Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period, 1628-1644
Jingdezhen kilns, Jiangxi province
Height: 19cm
Sir Michael Butler Collection
Cat. no. 95
Underglaze blue porcelain moon flask, bianhu
Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, 1723-1735
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province
Height: 38cm
Winchester College, CH58
By permission of the Warden and Scholars of Winchester College
Cat. no. 111
Fencai porcelain vase, meiping, depicting the poet Tao Yuanming
Republican period, c.1945, the base with the red seal mark of Hongxian nianzhi within an iron-red double square
Jingdezhen kilns, Jiangxi province
Height: 30.0cm
Cat. no. 127
Large lead-glazed stoneware seated figure
Ming dynasty, probably late 15th century
Height: 130cm
