American Decorative Arts Forum / San Francisco Ceramic Circle

co-sponsored Bonus Lecture

2.00PM Sunday, 8th June 2003

"Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Market "

a slide lecture by

Carl L. Crossman

Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

This extra bonus lecture is co-sponsored by the American Decorative Arts Forum and the San Francisco Ceramic Circle. It will be held on Sunday, 8th June in the Florence Gould Theater at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, San Francisco. Entrance is from the main entrance. The lecture will start at 2.00PM.

About the Lecture: When Chinese porcelains first started trickling into Europe several centuries after its invention they became objects of fascination for westerners because of their whiteness, fine texture, translucency and durability. Europe had nothing comparable. Over the next two centuries there was an exchange of cultural influences ... Chinese porcelains led to a revolution in western ceramics technology and China adapted European shapes and decoration for their products for the West. This talk will explore historical and aesthetic aspects of our past.

About the lecturer: A native of Danvers, Massachusetts Mr.Crossman graduated from the Wesleyan University in Connecticut. From 1964 until 1983 he held positions at the Peabody Essex Museum and at Childs Gallery in Boston where he became President in 1969. Since 1983 Mr. Crossman has been a private dealer and consultant and is now affiliated with Northeast Auctions of Portsmouth, New Hampsire with responsibility for ceramics, paintings and China Trade objects.

Next meeting: Saturday, 21st June 2003. San Francisco Ceramic Circle summer social for SFCC members only.

Next regular meeting: Saturday, 17th July 2003. "A Royal Menagerie: the history and technology of Meissen porcelain animals" by Jane Bassett, associate conservator, decorative arts and sculpture, the J. Paul Getty museum