Fu Lu Shou

This lecture is an adventure from Peking to Shanghai via Jingdezhen, exploring the varieties of decorative arts that span thousands of years of Chinese history. Discover the secret of the porcelain manufacture of the Ming dynasty, bronze casting of the Han and the fabulous cinnabar lacquer of the early Ching. The talk includes beautiful architecture, salt merchants’ influence on jade and book trade in 18th century China and incredible gold, glass and stone carving – in all, a veritable feast for the eye and mind.

Peter Le Rossignol has degrees in Decorative Arts & Historic Interiors and Fine Art Valuation; he also holds a DPhil in Art History. He has forty years’ lecturing experience, including to the Art Fund in Jersey and Guernsey, the Ringwood Antiques Club Hampshire, the Jersey College for Adult Education, and various after-dinner engagements and has given talks on local radio and held antique road shows for various organisations. Interests include eighteenth century fine & decorative art, the Grand Tour, Oriental decorative arts, and silver and jewellery. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.