Made in China April 15, 2008

The exhibition 'Made in China' explores why the West has so long been fascinated with this precious material and chronicles the history of Chinese export porcelain from 1550 to 1850. Porcelain is considered from a number of different perspectives: as a product of skilled Chinese artisans; as a valuable trade commodity; as a useful object of daily life, and as evidence of cultural interaction between Asia and the West. Approximately 150 pieces of drinking, dining and decorative wares will be included in the exhibition, ranging in size from tiny tea bowls to monumental vases. Each is a masterwork of Chinese porcelain production.