EXHIBITION RECORD

Of Hands And Fire~ Masterpieces of Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Saturday, May 24, 2003 through Sunday, August 31, 2003

Assembled by Nancy and Ira Koger over a period of 40 years, the internationally known collection includes exceptional examples of Chinese earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. This exhibition presents about 200 pieces that show the development of Chinese pottery over nearly 5,000 years of human history. John Ayres, the curator of the exhibit, is the former head of the Far Eastern department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.