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Professor Shelly Xue investigates the Chinese glass collection.

In connection with the preparations for the exhibition “Porcelain with character” (from 25 March 2017 to 22 October 2017) in the Municipality Museum in The Hague, curator Suzanne Lambooy was visiting Slochteren.

During the planned preparations and discussions on Chinese porcelain, our Chinese glass collection, which she did not know existed, was mentioned in passing. To her surprise, this collection was so large in size (approx. 250 objects), that she felt that more people needed to know about this.

She knew that an expert from China in the field of Chinese glass would soon be in the Netherlands and might want to investigate this collection. Continue reading →