CHINESE INFLUENCES ON EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ARTS GALLERY TOUR

Exclusive to Members

This in-person galleries' tour takes is one of two related events taking place on 17 Oct, including an offsite visit to Claydon House and its Chinese Room.

£15 standard ticket for this event
£10 discounted ticket if you also have a ticket for the Claydon House coach trip on the same day

Booking is essential. Book below

NB Tickets are coming soon

With Matthew Winterbottom, Curator of Decorative Arts & Sculpture, Ashmolean Museum

This galleries' tour offers Members a unique opportunity to explore East Asian influences on the Ashmolean's splendid European decorative arts collection displayed in the Museum.

Vauxhall pottery vase in the European ceramics gallery

West Meets East Gallery 35 on the second floor

Chinoiserie group of porcelain figures from the Meissen factory in the West Meets East gallery

The tour will be led by Matthew Winterbottom, the Ashmolean's Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture. Matthew will guide you through several galleries including the West meet East Gallery 35 and European Ceramics Gallery 40 (both on level 2), looking at ceramics, silverware and other remarkable decorative arts on show and how Chinese and other East Asian influences have made their mark.

BOOKING

The event takes place in the West Meets East gallery and other galleries.

This event is exclusive to Members

Tickets are £15 standard and £10 discounted (for those who have bought tickets for the coach trip on the same day)

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