Activities Report for 2005



Friday 14 January 2005
Lecture by Rose Kerr: “How to Start a Ceramic Collection”


Friday 1 April 2005
The Annual William Willetts Lecture
Talk given by Heidi Tan: “New Insights on Rare Vietnamese Ceramics in the ACM Collection”

Tuesday 17 May 2005
Marjorie Chu introduced a collection of books on ceramics donated by Pamela Hickley.
Members were invited to browse through them and to pick out a book from this donation for their own collection.
The condition of ownership was that the member will give a talk based on the chosen book.


Wednesday 13 July 2005

Pauline Ong discussed the clay and glaze that make Dehua wares so special. This talk was based on a book on Blanc De Chine donated by Pamela Hickley.


Tuesday 13 September 2005

A talk by Ingrid Hanson Eu on “Chinese White Ware Found in Southeast Asia” based on a book of the same title donated by Pamela Hickley.


Tuesday 15 November 2005
Talk by Yvonne Tan: "A Ceramic Legacy of Asia’s Maritime Trade”
and
Talk by Ni Yibin: “Introduction to the exhibition 17th century Jingdezhen Porcelain” held at the Shanghai Museum.