Dates: Through May 18
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Monday
Add: Shenzhen Museum, 1008 Shennan Road Central, Futian District (福田区深南中路1008号深圳博物馆)
Buses: 12, 101, 103, 113, 204, 215, 223, K113, K204
Metro: Da Ju Yuan Station (Grand Theater Station 大剧院站), Exit B

Huo Chengju

MORE than 80 pieces of imperial porcelain from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) are being displayed at the Shenzhen Museum until May 18.

The exhibits have been selected from more than 200,000 pieces of porcelain produced in official kilns during the Qing Dynasty. The collection was put together by the Nanjing Municipal Museum, which was the National Central Museum during the period of the Republic of China (1912-1948).

The exhibits were once displayed in the Forbidden City in Beijing and two temporary imperial dwelling in the former Fengtian and Rehe provinces during the Qing Dynasty.

They were moved to Sichuan and Yunnan provinces with the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937 and finally to Nanjing when the war ended in 1945.

Produced in official kilns in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, the exhibits show the degree of high-quality Chinese porcelain achieved during its peak.

Highlights of the exhibition include a blue-and-white glazed basin decorated with designs of flowers and birds and a set of 12 blue-and-white glazed cups with a floral and poetry design from the Kangxi period (1662-1722), a pink elephant sculpture, a Buddhist sculpture with golden glaze and a pink square jar with a squirrel and grape design from the Qianlong period (1736-1795), a white glazed vase with a floral and coiled dragon design and a blue-and-white glazed jar with a floral design on an under-glazed red background from the Yongzheng period (1723-1735), a pink bracket with a design incorporating eight auspicious emblems from the Jia-qing period (1796-1820), a pink plate with the design of a magpie on a plum tree on a yellow background from the Tongzhi period (1862-1874), and a gray jar with a floral design on a yellow background from the Guangxu period (1875-1908).