It gives The Museum of East Asian Art the greatest pleasure to present this, the Inaugural Exhibition of its new museum devoted to East Asian art, at Circus Lodge, 12 Bennett Street,Bath, England. The Museum of East Asian Art was registered as a United Kingdom educational charity on 27th of July 1990. Since registration it has pressed ahead with all speed to establish this, its new museum.

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The Museum of East Asian Art in Bath is the only Museum devoted solely to East Asian Art to open in the U.K. in the last 30 years. Its Inauguration Exhibition features 225 Chinese Ceramics, 90 pieces of Chinese Metalwares and over 40 pieces of Chinese Decorative Art such as lacquer, bamboo carvings, softstone carvings and gourds.

Every item in the Inaugural Exhibition is illustrated by at least one colour photograph in the two volume Exhibition Catalogue. Most Exhibits are accompanied by two illustrations as well as a full description. The Exhibition Catalogue also contains lengthy essays by Brian S. McEIney with Chinese translations.

Volume I covers the 225 Chinese Ceramic Exhibits which date from around 2500 BC to around 1820 AD.Volume II covers 90 Chinese Metalwares and over 40 Chinese Decorative Art objects with essays written in English with Chinese translations on metalwares,lacquers, soft stone carvings, bamboo carvings and gourds. Many of the items included in the Exhibition are being exhibited for the first time and several are understood to be unique. We believe the catalogue will be an important reference work for any collector or institution with a serious interest in Chinese art.