Lingnan’s Chamber of Young Snow Art Exhibition Hall presents a new collection of lacquer and porcelain

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Issue No. 182 Feb 2025

Lacquerware and porcelain are significant in the history of Chinese civilisation. Lingnan University’s Chamber of Young Snow Art Exhibition Hall is hosting a new exhibition, titled ‘Shine and Shade, Earth and Wood: The Story of Everyday Porcelain and Lacquer’ from 17 February to 2 December 2025 featuring over 30 rare and exquisite lacquer and porcelain pieces from the Tang to the Qing dynasties. Experts and academics from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Zhejiang Provincial Museum will lecture on the culture, design, and academic research of Chinese handicrafts, and Lingnan will also organise two workshops on ‘The Beauty of Everyday: Experience Session on Chinese Lacquer Decorations’. The public is welcome to register and participate.

 

Curated by the Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries at Lingnan University with generous support from the Chamber of Young Snow, which promotes cultural exchanges between the East and West, the exhibition invites the public to explore Chinese everyday life and culture, and provides insights into the material characteristics, craftsmanship, production models, and interwoven histories of lacquerware and porcelain, offering the audience insights into the formation and changes in Chinese daily life culture.

Lingnan University’s Chamber of Young Snow Art Exhibition Hall hosts the opening ceremony of the new exhibition 'Shine and Shade, Earth and Wood: The Story of Everyday Porcelain and Lacquer'. From left: Prof Emilie Yeh Yueh-yu, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Director of Centre for Film and Creative Industries, Lam Wong Yiu Wah Chair Professor of Visual Studies; Mr Eliott Suen, Representative of Dr Stephen Suen, Founder of Chamber of Young Snow; Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science at Lingnan University; Dr Yang Lok-man, Curator of the Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries of Lingnan University.

Lingnan University’s Chamber of Young Snow Art Exhibition Hall hosts the opening ceremony of the new exhibition 'Shine and Shade, Earth and Wood: The Story of Everyday Porcelain and Lacquer'. From left: Prof Emilie Yeh Yueh-yu, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Director of Centre for Film and Creative Industries, Lam Wong Yiu Wah Chair Professor of Visual Studies; Mr Eliott Suen, Representative of Dr Stephen Suen, Founder of Chamber of Young Snow; Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science at Lingnan University; Dr Yang Lok-man, Curator of the Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries of Lingnan University.

Lingnan University’s Chamber of Young Snow Art Exhibition Hall presents a new collection of lacquer and porcelain.

Lingnan University’s Chamber of Young Snow Art Exhibition Hall presents a new collection of lacquer and porcelain.

Exhibition poster

Fencai bowl with peony pattern on coral-red ground

Qianlong reign mark Qianlong reign; Qing (1735-1796); Glazed porcelain; Dia 11 cm H 6 cm; Chamber of Young Snow Collection

Green and white glazed, lidded, octagonal bottle with plum blossom pattern

Song (960-1279) ; Glazed porcelain; Dia 32.5 cm H 22.3 cm; Chamber of Young Snow Collection

Square carved red yellow-ground lacquer box with dragon and tian xia tai ping characters

Wanli mark cyclically dated yiwei year; Wanli reign, Ming (1595); Lacquer; L 30 cm W 30 cm H 9 cm; Chamber of Young Snow Collection

Rectangular black lacquer inkstick box with the two dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl in thin mother-of-pearl inlay

Qing (1644-1911); Lacquer; L 42 cm W 31 cm H 5 cm; Chamber of Young Snow Collection

Exhibition details

  • Venue:

    Chamber of Young Snow Art Exhibition Hall, 3/F, Patrick Lee Wan Keung Academic Building (South Wing), Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

  • Opening hours:

    10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays)

  • Enquiries:

    (852) 2616-7466

  • Email:

    [email protected]

  • Reservation link:

    https://bit.ly/CYSHallVisit 
    (Visitors should book at least three working days in advance.)