Shanghai exhibits the rare porcelain works as reflections of cultural dialogue between China and Europe

Shanghai Museum turned to the ceramic trade and cultural exchanges between China and Europe during the 16th and 18th centuries, to unveil a long history of Western and Eastern communication and to display China’s ceramics impact on the  the aesthetics, handicraft industry, and interior decorations of Europe. 

Among the exhibits are the underglazed blue and black bowl with a multi-heads beast and inscriptions in Latin (mid 17th century, permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum), Meissen porcelain samples supported by Augustus the Strong (18th century Electorate of Saxony),  the exquisite ceramics’ cabinet from the Netherlands (18th century, permanent collection of Shanghai Museum) and Jingdezhen porcelain from China compared with Delft tin-glazed porcelain from the Netherlands.