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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 | ||||
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Far beyond Teapots: The Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the K.S. Lo Collection of the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware
Opened April 13, 2002 | ||||
| This exhibit features over 100 items of ewers, teacups, covered bowls, tea caddies and wine vessels. These selected items illustrate the variegated forms of functional wares and the evolution of their decoration and craftsmanship. | ||||
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Chinese Tea Drinking Continuing indefinitely | ||||
| This exhibition introduces the major characteristics of the habit of tea drinking from the Tang dynasty to the present time. Various kinds of tea wares and related vessels used in the preparation of tea are included in the exhibition. | ||||
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Chinese Ceramics and Seals Donated by the K.S. Lo Foundation
Ongoing | ||||
| This exhibit features 25 pieces of rare Chinese ceramics and a selection of seals donated by the K.S. Lo Foundation. The ceramics, dated from the Song dynasty to the Ming dynasty, include wares of the five famous kilns of the Song dynasty. The seal selection comprises works dated from the Ming dynasty to the 20th century and included works carved by Cheng Sui (1607-1692) of the Ming dynasty and Qing carvers such as Qi Baishi (1863-1957), and the Eight Masters of Xiling: Ding Jing (1695-1765), Jiang Ren (1743-1795), Huang Yi (1744-1802), Xi Gang (1746-1803), Chen Yuzhong (1762-1806), Chen Hongshou (1768-1822), Zhao Zhichen (1781-1860), Qian Song (1818-1860); as well as some contemporary seal carvers of Guangdong. Two illustrated catalogues available. | ||||
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