FLAGSTAFF HOUSE MUSEUM OF TEA WARE Hong Kong Park 10 Cotton Tree Drive Central, Hong Kong tel: +(852) 2869-0690; fax: +852 2810-0021 internet: www.usd.gov.hk/hkma
		• Glazed Teaware: K.S. Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware September 23, 1999 - May 20, 2000
			Glazing is the ultimate adornment on ceramic ware and its emergence marks an important breakthrough in the development of ceramics. Glazing enhances both aesthetic and functional requirements of ceramic vessels, and it is used as one of the judging criteria for evaluation of a ceramic vessel. This exhibition features over 100 items of glazed teaware selected from the K.S. Lo Collection housed at the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware. The exhibits, dated from the Warring States period (475 - 221 B.C.) to the 20th century, reveal the achievement of glazed teaware of successive periods. The exhibits in high-fired glazes, low-fired glazes, overglaze decoration, underglaze decoration and doucai demonstrate various decoration effects of glaze colours. It is aimed to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of glazed teaware through a concise and systematic introduction to the development and interrelation of different types of glazes.
		• Chinese Tea Drinking Continuing indefinitely
			This exhibition introduces the major characteristics of the habit of tea drinking from the Tang dynasty (618 - 907) up to the present time. Various kinds of tea wares and related vessels used in the preparation of tea are included in the exhibition. Ceramic wares in this exhibition are drawn from the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the K.S. Lo Collection housed in the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware.
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