Masterpieces of World Ceramics from the Victoria and Albert Museum

15 May – 19 July 2009

A unique selection from the globally renowned ceramics collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, one of the oldest and leading art institutions of Great Britain, was presented for the first time in İstanbul, at Pera Museum.

With its 150-year-old history and rich collections, Victoria and Albert Museum is one of the leading art and design museums in the world. Based on Victoria and Albert Museum's Ceramics Collection -unparalleled in terms of its scope, diversity and global range- the exhibition not only featured masterpieces of world ceramic art from Antiquity to the present, but also shed light to the traditions and development of one of the oldest and most important art forms in the world and explored commercial and cultural interactions between civilizations. Ranging from early ceramics of China, to luxury wares of Renaissance courts, from İznik tiles to Sèvres porcelains, 115 unique examples of world ceramics were displayed at İstanbul Pera Museum after Korea, Germany and Syria.