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10:01 AM Thursday, March 18, 2010

Robert S. Wicks, director of the Miami University Art Museum, will give a talk on “Treasures from the Dragon Kiln: Chinese Export Ceramics and American Consumer Culture in the Early Republic,” at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 25 at the Miami University Art Museum, at 801 S. Patterson Ave.

This talk relates to the art museum 2010 exhibition, “Consuming Clay: Porcelain Wares from the 18th and 19th Centuries.”

This event is free and open to the public.

Wicks reflects on the first American ship to enter Chinese waters was the Empress of China in 1784. Its voyage marked the beginnings of a growing American demand for Chinese products, from tea to textiles, to spices and silks and special-order porcelain. This China trade, in the hands of commercial partnerships headed by wealthy individuals, greatly impacted American taste and consumer culture in the early republic. This presentation examines the first five decades of Chinese ceramic production with designs commissioned by American buyers from 1785-1835.

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