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Painted Ceramics: Contemporary Treasures by Jingdezhen’s National Masters from the Lamda Foundation -- Reinterpreting Porcelain Decoration

18 Aug 2016

(From left) Ribbon-cutting ceremony officiated by Co-founder of the Lamda Foundation Dr Dickson Wong Kai-tat, Patron of the HKU Museum Society Dr Christina Mathieson, The University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum Special Advisor Ms Christine Yip and Director of UMAG Dr Florian Knothe.

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will present Painted Ceramics: Contemporary Treasures by Jingdezhen’s National Masters from the Lamda Foundation from August 19 to October 23, 2016. Often celebrated as the most Chinese of all art forms, the tradition of porcelain making and decoration in China is wellknown and exhaustively studied. Lesser known in this millennia-long history are the artworks by twentieth-century national masters who have continued their country’s ceramic practice and achieved treasures representative of their heritage.

An opening ceremony of the exhibition was held at UMAG today (August 18). Officiating guests included Patron of the HKU Museum Society Dr Christina Mathieson, The University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum Special Advisor Ms Christine Yip, Co-founder of the Lamda Foundation Dr Dickson Wong Kai-tat and UMAG Director Dr Florian Knothe.

This exhibition introduces Jingdezhen as a manufacturing site for artefacts and it focuses on individual talents and the fame of a few master craftsmen, as well as their history and the uninterrupted production of unique high-quality porcelain objects of inherent beauty. The mastery and endurance of individual painters has left us an array of vessel shapes, compositions and iconographic subject matter that is, at times, both historic and contemporary. Displayed for the first time in public, these 44 artworks by 38 ceramicists represent the strength and ability of Jingdezhen’s artistic community through changing times.

Details of the Exhibition
Period: August 19 (Friday) to October 23, 2016 (Sunday)
Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays
Venue: 2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam
Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.hkumag.hku.hk

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NING QINZHENG
Vase with summer landscape in matte coloured glaze
2011
H. 35cm  W. 18cm

NING GANG
Green object with lotus in mixed decorative techniques
Undated
H. 51cm  W. 12cm

GUO WENLIAN
Plaque with children at play in blue-and-white with underglaze red 
2002
H. 52cm  W. 44cm