'Blue Form' by Wouter Dam, stoneware, 2003. Museum no. C.42-2004
COLLECTIONS
Ceramics
The V&A houses the greatest and most comprehensive
collection of Ceramics in the world. For the first time in
100 years, we are redisplaying this vast collection
which spans from 3500 BC to the present day.
The collection is particularly rich in Ceramics from Asia,
the Middle East and Europe.
Following a four-year long refurbishment the first phase is
now completed. Rooms 140 to 145 offer a comprehensive
introduction to the world of ceramics, featuring about 3,000
of the museum's finest pieces. The remaining rooms
(due to open in summer 2010) will display the remainder
of the collection - around 26,000 pieces - as a study resource.
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Stephen Dixon - Ceramicist-in-Residence
We are delighted that Professor Steve Dixon has agreed to be the V&A’s first ceramicist in residence. Stephen received his Masters in Ceramics from the Royal College of Art, has written and lectured widely. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions and public collections for over 20 years. He is now Professorial Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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About the Ceramics Galleries
A substantial lead gift from the Headley Trust is generously supporting the redevelopment of the Ceramics galleries. This refurbishment project will create the most important national and international centre for the enjoyment, understanding and study of ceramics and a collection that is unrivalled anywhere in the world.
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Objects of Luxury: French porcelain of the eighteenth century
Display: 18 September 2009 - May 2010
During the eighteenth century France dazzled the rest of Europe through the brilliance of its court. The rich and fashionable lived in a world of unparalleled refinement, fuelling an insatiable market for luxury goods.
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Let Them Eat Clay!
Among the less familiar objects in the new Ceramics Galleries, perhaps the most curious and engaging is a group of polished clay vessels known as búcaros, which were made in the region around Tonalá in the Mexican state of Jalisco.