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Oliver Impey and Malcom Fairley
At the same time that the lacquer, enamel and metalwork of the
Khalili Collection of Japanese Art was being exhibited at the British
Museum in 1994-5, the ceramic part of this collection was exhibited
at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and was opened by His
Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
The National Museum of Wales has large holdings of European ceramics,
however the Far East is only represented by a small number of comparative
pieces, most of them Chinese. The Khalili Collection is unrivalled
in scale and scope, and the exhibition was a unique opportunity
to see and appreciate the work of the greatest ceramic artists of
this period, Makuzu Kozan and Yabu Meizan.
The asymmetry, colour, and exuberance of Japanese art delighted
William Burges, the architect of Cardiff Castle. A pupil of Burges,
Josiah Conder, became the father of Western architecture in Japan,
and it is the cross-fertilisation of Japanese and British culture
during the Meiji period which gave this exhibition a special appeal.
This exhibition which consisted of 98 pieces is reproduced in full
colour in this catalogue written by Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The late Dr Oliver Impey is formerly Senior Curator at the Ashmolean
Museum, and Reader in Japanese Art, University of Oxford. Co-editor
of 'Meiji No Takara'. The Khalili Collection of Japanese Art and
the author of many books.
Malcolm Fairley is formerly of Sotheby's and Barry Davies Oriental
Art, he is now owner of Malcolm Fairley Ltd. - Japanese Works of
Art in London. Co-editor of 'Meiji No Takara'. The Khalili Collection
of Japanese Art and an expert on all aspects of Meiji period art.
DETAILS
80 pages; fully illustrated in colour
29.7 x 21.0 cm
softback
1994
1-874780-12-9
£10 $20
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