The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Museum of Art are excited to announce this half day colloquium dedicated to scholarship of the China Trade in honour of the re-opening of the museum. The event will start at 10:30 and will include two moderated discussion sessions. 

Speakers & Topics:

Dr. Maria Mok: Redefining China Trade Painting: A Decade of Research

Prof. Paul Van Dyke:  Some observations of Hong Kong Museum of Art's panoramas of Macao

Dr. John Wong:  Fashioning a global brand: Houqua's portraits in the China trade of the early 19th century

Dr. Yeewan Koon:  The Dilemmas of the Portrait Gift

Prof. Ching May Bo:  What might Chinese chefs have cooked for their foreign master in Canton in the 18th and 19th centuries?

For detailed program please visit the website

Venue address: Hong Kong Museum of Art