“Japanese Ceramics That Arrived in Switzerland: Discovery of the Musée Ariana Collection”
online via Zoom on Thursday, January 6, 2022, 9:30-12:10 (Central European time) and 17:30-20:10 (Japan time).
In collaboration with the University of Zurich’s East Asian Art History Department, the National Museum of History began a series surveys on the large collection of Japanese ceramics at the Musée Ariana in Geneva, Switzerland in 2016, writing the museum’s database and preparing for the exhibition of the objects. This led to a large exhibition of Japanese ceramics, “Chrysanthèmes, dragons et samouraïs: La céramique japonaise du Musée Ariana,” which is currently underway, but not for much longer (December 11, 2020 – January 9, 2022).
In the online symposium, researchers and students involved in the survey and exhibition will introduce aspects of this important Switzerland collection. A full program can be seen on our website: https://www.khist.uzh.ch/de/chairs/ostasien/Aktuelles/Rekihaku2022.html.
The full program can also be seen in Japanese on the Rekihaku homepage:
（英語HP） http://e-zaigai.jp/en/projects/all/1342
（日本語HP） http://e-zaigai.jp/posts/all/1342
Please note that the talks will be in Japanese, with the exception of the section The Musée Ariana Ceramics Survey, where the language is English or French with Japanese subtitles.
The symposium is open to the public. Those wishing to attend are required to register using the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YVxMrHQhS-WdciKq5Qesjw
For your reference, an extensive bilingual catalogue of the collection has also been published, edited by Ana Quintero Pérez and Stanislas Anthonioz of the Musée Ariana:
https://www.worldcat.org/title/chrysanthmes-dragons-et-samouras-la-cramique-japonaise-du-muse-ariana-chrysanthemums-dragons-and-samurai-japanese-ceramics-at-the-musee-ariana/oclc/1288119164?referer=br&ht=edition
