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THE PERCIVAL DAVID FOUNDATION OF CHINESE ART
The exhibition held at THE PERCIVAL DAVID FOUNDATION OF CHINESE ART in London featured from September 6 till December 15, 2000 over 80 blue-and-white porcelains and celadons recovered from the "Lena Cargo". The ceramics date to the late fifteenth century with forms and decoration that are typical of the export wares of the period. The porcelains were made at Jingdezhen, the location of the Ming imperial porcelain factory and the celadons are from the Longquan kilns which specialised in this type of ware. This cargo is unusual in that the material has not been sold and disbursed after excavation, like other shipwreck finds, and the ceramics have not been restored so their context of discovery has been retained. Examples of imperial ceramics in the David Foundation were included in the exhibition for comparative purposes and a fully illustrated catalogue was published.
THE PERCIVAL DAVID FOUNDATION OF CHINESE ART houses the finest collection of Chinese ceramics outside China and a library of East Asian and Western books relating to Chinese art and culture. Both were presented to the University of London in 1950 by the late Sir Percival David.
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