Sangmyung University Museum holds European pottery exhibition

Sangmyung University President Goo Kee-heon, left, and Sangmyung Academic Foundation Chairman Lee Jun-bang, second from left, participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch a European porcelain exhibition at Sangmyung University Museum in Seoul, Monday. Posing with them are Executive Vice President for Development and External Affairs Kim Chong-hee, second from right, and Vice President Hong Seong-tae. / Courtesy of Sangmyung University

By Chung Hyun-chae

The Sangmyung University Museum launched a three-month exhibition featuring 200 pieces of European porcelain, Monday, to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the Sangmyung Academy Foundation and the 51st anniversary of Sangmyung University.

“Ours is the only university museum that holds European porcelain in our collections,” said Lyu Han-su, director of the museum.

The exhibition includes a Meissen Blue Onion Tea Set decorated in Chinese patterns, made by potters in Meissen, eastern Germany, in the 18th century.

Also on display is the Royal Crown Derby Imari Tea Set having Japanese patterns, manufactured by an English potter in the 17th century.

“The exhibition will help visitors appreciate cultural heritages related to exchanges between the East and West,” curator Whang A-ra said.

The museum’s porcelain collection was donated by Bokjeon Young-ja, director of the European Porcelain Museum, which is part of the Bucheon City Museum in Gyeonggi Province.

The museum regularly runs an art and cultural program related to porcelain.

“We hold a 12-week porcelain-painting class twice a year which many local residents participate in,” Whang said.

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Courtesy of Sangmyung University