Ceramics

Permanent event at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, United Kingdom

2 July 2017

Sea sculpture (detail), unknown, around 1725, Vietnam. Museum no. FE.7-2007. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The V&A’s Ceramics collections are unrivalled anywhere in the world. Encyclopaedic and global in scope, they encompass the history of fine ceramic production from about 2500 BC to the present day.

The collections are particularly strong in international contemporary studio ceramics, European porcelain and pottery from 1500 onwards, and ceramics from China, Japan and the Middle East.

Highlights include the collections of Italian Renaissance maiolica, Chinese porcelain, Dutch Delft, British and European porcelain, 19th-century art pottery and exhibition pieces, and tiles.

Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity.

Museum profile

Location

London, United Kingdom

Founded in

1899

'Polito's Royal Menagerie', earthenware figure group, about 1830, Staffordshire, England. Museum no. C.128-2003. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

'Sausage', Richard Slee, 2006, England. Museum no. C.78:1 to 5-2007. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Flower pyramid, probably 'Greek A' factory, around 1695, Holland. Museum no. C.19 to J-1982. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

'Polito's Royal Menagerie', earthenware figure group, about 1830, Staffordshire, England. Museum no. C.128-2003. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Flower pyramid, probably 'Greek A' factory, around 1695, Holland. Museum no. C.19 to J-1982. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Flower pyramid, probably 'Greek A' factory, around 1695, Holland. Museum no. C.19 to J-1982. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
'Polito's Royal Menagerie', earthenware figure group, about 1830, Staffordshire, England. Museum no. C.128-2003. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London