CHINESE INFLUENCES ON EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ARTS GALLERY TOUR
WITH MATTHEW WINTERBOTTOM
Exclusive Gallery Tour for Members of the Ashmolean
This tour is one of two events taking place on 17 Oct. The other is an offsite visit to Claydon House and its Chinese Room.
Tickets are £15 standard and £10 discounted (for those who have bought tickets for the Claydon House coach trip on the same day).
Booking is essential. Book below
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 Meets 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.
Tickets are available only to Members of the Ashmolean.
Tickets are £15 standard and £10 discounted (for those who have bought tickets for the Claydon House coach trip on the same day).
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