Room 44: China
The T. T. Tsui Gallery houses one of the most comprehensive and important collections of Chinese art dating from 3000 BC to the present time.
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Room 45: Japan
Room 45 contains a wide range of treasures from Japan including swords and armour, netsuke (small carvings), wood-block prints, textiles, lacquer, ceramics and other articl…
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Room 47e: Chinese Sculpture
Buddhism travelled from India into China during the 1st century AD. It became part of Chinese life and culture alongside other belief systems. The V&A holds exquisite exam…
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Room 47f: Chinese Export Art
All the items on display in this room were made in China and brought to the West by merchants who went there to buy tea, silk and porcelain and other craft products, as wel…
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Room 47g: Korea
Room 47g displays objects made between 500 and 2000 AD which reflect the love of natural forms that pervades the decorative arts of Korea
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Room 137: Ceramics Study Galleries Asia and Europe
The Curtain Foundation Gallery houses the greater part of the V&A’s ceramics collection. In this room you will find Asian and Middle Eastern ceramics, and pottery from main…
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Room 145: World Ceramics
This second principal gallery offers a chronological and world-wide introduction to ceramics with objects from the Far East and South East Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
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