Events

Lectures & Other Events

Click for a list of 2007 lectures & other events.
Click for a list of 2006 lectures & other events.
Click for a list of 2005 lectures & other events.

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Exhibitions

The OCS has organised and/or sponsored major exhibitions including “Jades of Ancient Vietnam and Neighbouring Cultures”(2000), “The Passion of Collecting” (1999), “Heavens’ Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles”(1995), “Two Thousand Years of Chinese Lacquer” (1993), “Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes” (1990), “Art From the Scholar’s Studio” (1986), “Jingdezhen Wares: The Yuan Evolution” (1984).

Art and Imitation in China” 13 October – 17 December 2006 at Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery

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Tours

OCS activities regularly feature visits to places of cultural importance accompanied by well-informed guides and experts. Study trips have taken members to Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Mongolia and Thailand. Click for write-up and photographs of Loy Krathong in 2005.

Egypt 5 November -16 November 2006

Appreciation evenings

"Show and tell" evenings are a popular activity, in which members can bring artefacts and artworks for evaluation and discussion by a panel of experts. Topics range widely from jade, ceramics, lacquer, textiles and bronze to bamboo, wood and other media.

Membership Meetings

The OCS holds membership gatherings at which members can socialise and bring along their friends. At the AGM, the events of the previous year and accounts are reviewed, the Executive Committee is elected for the coming year and the President announces new initiatives for the Society.