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October 2026
Sweetmeat set with flower, butterfly and scholars’ rock designs, China, 1750–1800 , Copper, painted enamel. Collection of Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Gift of Mr. Anthony K. W. Cheung in memory of Prof. Xu Xiaodong, 2024.0138

Guided Tour at the Fitzwilliam Museum – sold out

Guided Tour: An Enamel Revolution: China and the World – Culture Exchange, Trade & Globalization Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026, 2pm – 3pm Host: Dr. James Lin, Senior Curator of Chinese Art Location: The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB Price: £25 (non refundable) Organised in association with An Enamel Revolution: […]
28 Oct
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB
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November 2026
“A rare Guan-type 'Longquan' celadon-glazed mallow-form dish, Southern Song dynasty”. Image Courtesy of Sotheby's.

Handling Session with Sotheby’s – The Collection of Sir Ewen and Lady Fergusson

Date: Sunday 1 November 2026, 11am – 12pm Location: Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, Bond Street, London W1A 2AA Price: free Booking Information: Please RSVP by Wednesday 28 of October to express your interest, including your phone number. Express your interest to: Sotheby’s presents OCS members with an opportunity to handle and discuss highlights […]
01 Nov
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sotheby's London
34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA
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Set of table services with dragons amid waves, excavated from the Imperial Kiln site (2014). Courtesy of the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum.

Re-evaluating the “Interregnum”: Textual, Archaeological, and Stylistic Evidence for Mid-15th Century Imperial Porcelains – Registration is now closed however, this event will be live streamed.

The Annual Asian Art In London Lecture Speaker: Dr. Chen Jie Venue: Devonshire Gallery, Sotheby’s London, 34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA Date: Monday 2 November, 5-6pm (doors open 4.45pm) Registration has now closed. Please do not attend unless you have received confirmation of your RSVP. This lecture will also be live streamed on […]
02 Nov
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sotheby's London
34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA
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a moulded qingbai flower shaped dish

Handling Session with Alice Williamson Asian Art: ‘Asian Works of Art Autumn 2026: China and Korea’ – sold out

Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026, 10.30am – 11.30am Location: Daniel Crouch Rare Books, 4 Bury Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6AB Price: free An opportunity to handle selected pieces from the exhibition ‘Asian Works of Art Autumn 2026: China and Korea’. This event is now fully booked. Booking Conditions: Tickets are exclusively for OCS members […]
03 Nov
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Daniel Crouch Rare Books
4 Bury Street, St James's, London SW1Y 6AB
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white bowl with green interior. Courtesey of V&A

Shifting Paradigms: Contemporary Chinese Ceramics

Speaker: Dr. Xiaoxin Li  李晓欣 – Curator, Asia Department, V&A Chinese ceramics has undergone a remarkable transformation since the 1980s, as artists, educators and makers have redefined the possibilities of the medium in response to profound social, economic and cultural changes. Yet much of this history remains unfamiliar to audiences outside China. Drawing on five […]
10 Nov
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Society of Antiquaries of London
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE
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Handling Session #1 10.30am: ‘Porcelain in a Changing China: The Seventeenth Century in the British Museum Collection’

Date: Thursday 19 November 2026, 10.30am – 11.30am Host: Wenyuan Xin, Later China Curator, The British Museum Location: PDC Study Room at The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG Price: £15 (non-refundable) Booking: Tickets will be go on sale from the 12th of October on the Tickets page of the website.  The seventeenth […]
19 Nov
10:30 am - 11:30 am
The British Museum
Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG
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Censer decorated with dragons in underglaze blue, dated 1667, Kangxi period, Qing dynasty. Donated by R Soame Jenyns, 1956,1017.1. © The Trustees of the British Museum.

Handling Session #2 11.45am: ‘Porcelain in a Changing China: The Seventeenth Century in the British Museum Collection – sold out’

Date: Thursday 19 November 2026, 11.45am – 12.45pm Host: Wenyuan Xin, Later China Curator, British Museum Location: PDC Study Room at The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG Price: £15 (non-refundable) Booking: This event is now fully booked  The seventeenth century was a time of political upheaval in China, marked by the fall […]
19 Nov
11:45 am - 12:45 am
The British Museum
Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG
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December 2026
Song ceramics in the exhibition. courtsey of Royal Acadamey

The International Exhibition of Chinese Art at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1935

Speaker: Regina Krahl The International Exhibition of Chinese Art held at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1935/6 is a story of superlatives, unique and unrepeatable. It was and will remain the largest and most important exhibition of ancient Chinese art ever mounted. It was realized thanks to a small group of visionaries – all […]
08 Dec
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Society of Antiquaries of London
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE
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January 2027
Image: Saucer-dish showing a scene from the Peach Blossom Spring, Porcelain decorated in overglaze enamels, Jingdezhen, China, circa 1700, H: 6 cm: D: 36.5 cm. Inv. no.1203, © The Butler Collection

Narrative Porcelain: The Butler Collection and Beyond

Sir Michael Butler Memorial lecture Speaker: Dr. Fang Cai 蔡芳 — Jiangxi Normal University Narrative Porcelain refers to porcelain whose decoration is structured according to narrative logic to represent identifiable stories drawn from literature, history, folklore, drama, and related traditions. My recent publication, Narrative Study on Chinese and Western Ceramic Paintings, analyses 210 narrative subjects drawn from […]
12 Jan
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Society of Antiquaries of London
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE
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