The Williams Collection of Far Eastern Ceramics

Download or read book The Williams Collection of Far Eastern Ceramics written by Kamer Aga-Oglu and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kamer Aga-Oglu was curator of the Museum’s Asian collections from 1945 to 1974. An extraordinary scholar, Aga-Oglu singlehandedly transformed the study of Asian ceramics, focusing particularly on understudied Asian trade wares in the Museum’s collections. A specialist in Far Eastern art history, she devoted her life’s work to researching the division’s outstanding collection of Asian ceramics. Throughout her entire tenure at the Museum, Kamer Aga-Oglu was the Museum’s only woman curator. Her catalogs of the Williams Collection contain dozens of photographs and detailed descriptions of the pieces.