The exhibiton Guide consist of 299 pieces of Ceramic which are the example of the finest ancient Chinese Ceramics and are on loan from KT Choi. These ceramic pieces are private collections of KT Choi and Family for more than 100 years covering three generations starting from KT Choi's grandfather. Majority of the pieces were acquired from the renowned Art Dealer, C.T Loo (1880-1957).
The Ming Dynasty, which spanned nearly 300 years (1368-1644), is regarded as one of the most glorious in Chinese history and denotes the finest and most precious Ceramics. Amongst the blue and white Ceramics displayed in this exhibition, many items were specially ordered by the Xuande Emperor as a tribute to Admiral Zheng He. There are pieces decorated with Sanskrit inscriptions, the Chenghua Jar with the "Tian" seal and the "Snowflake-Blue" (Xue Hua Lan) Ceramics which are some of the finest Ceramic during the Ming Dynasty.
Texts and photographs of the each piece offers to tell the notable characteristics aprt from the aesthetics. The magnification photos of 50 to 500 times of each ofthe Ceramics indicates the Ceramic's aging spots and glaze level changes over 600 years. In addition. there are few selected pieces of Tang Dynasty Pottery and Yuan Dynasty Ceramics exhibited here which are meant as an introduction or precursor for the future exhibitions.
The philosophies and objectives of this exhibition is t ocreate an awareness and interest of the public as well as ardent collectors. More importantly, Chinese Ceramic is to educate the Art academics and societies for further research and understanding.
