Top UK Destinations for Chinese Objects and Chinoiserie Interiors Part 2.

 

Part 2.

The Fitzwilliam Museum



Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RB

https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/collections/artsofasia

Now we are in the famous university city of Cambridge. The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. Highlights from the Chinese collections include intricately carved jade, imperial and export porcelain, almost 500 snuff bottles, ritual bronzes, and Chinese fans both for domestic use and for export to Europe, imperial lacquers, and glass; textiles; and a large quantity of imperial and export porcelain.   

Oriental Museum



Durham University,Elvet Hill,Durham,DH1 3TH

http://www.durham.ac.uk/oriental.museum  

 

High up in the North of England now we can stop off at The Oriental Museum. The museum’s Chinese collections number over 10,000 objects and is particularly strong in ceramics, with over 1,000 pieces covering all major dynasties and beautifully illustrating the development of the craft. The museum also has over 2,000 jade and hardstone carvings, showcasing the tremendous skill of Chinese carvers, with highlights including carved seals, dress accessories and vessels. Also, on show are ceremonial and folk costumes, painting and calligraphy, and Chinese furniture.

Floors Castle



Roxburghe Estates, Kelso, Roxburghshire, TD5 7SF Scotland.

https://www.floorscastle.com/  

Moving on over the border into Scotland Floors Castle is the largest inhabited castle in Scotland and the family home of the 11th Duke of Roxburghe. Within the castle is Chinese porcelain, 18th-century table screens inlaid with jade, quartz, and lapis, and a Chinese Coromandel cabinet from the Netherlands.

National Museums Scotland



Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF

https://www.nms.ac.uk/

Set in the heart of Edinburgh National Museums Scotland has an important selection of Chinese artifacts. The ceramic collection includes almost 2,000 items, from all periods and dynasties of Chinese history, ranging from Late Neolithic cultures such as Yangshao (ca. 5000–3000 BCE), through the Han (206 BCE–220) and Tang (618–907) dynasties, and continuing through the Song (960–1279), Yuan (1279–1368), Ming and Qing up until the 20th century, with material from the Cultural Revolution era (1966–1976). Also of special interest are the Chinese inscribed oracle bones and lacquerware. [1]



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