Collection Catalogues


The Land of Morning Calm: Korean Art in the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts

The volume contains the complete Korean collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts: the 250 artefacts of the Museum, and the collection of the rare archive Korean photographs housed by the Museum Archives. The history of the Hopp Museum’s Korean collection dates back to the founder, Ferenc Hopp, who travelled in Korea and purchased artefacts there. Visitors could see the material of this collection at several exhibitions for decades. The publication was compiled for the exhibition “The Land of Morning Calm. Korean Art in the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts” of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts.

ISBN: 978-963-8958-50-1
Editors: Györgyi Fajcsák, Beatrix Mecsi
Publisher: Budapest: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts
Year of publication: 2012
Language: Hungarian, English

White Gold, Mohammedan Blue and Peach Blossom Volume I.

The Chinese ceramic collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts constitutes of approximately 1,500 artefacts. The oldest items date back to the Western Han dynasty (2nd century BC). The first publication on the collection described the Chinese ceramic collection of approximately 200 items and was related to the exhibition “Mohammedan Blue and Peach Blossom”.  The ceramics produced during the Han and the Tang dynasties, ceramics produced during the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties, ceramics produced during the Ming dynasty. The section on Ming ceramics gives an insight into blue-and-white porcelains, ceramics with colour paintings, monochrome glazed porcelains and funeral ceramics. Finally, architectural ceramics of the 10th-19th centuries are presented. The artefacts are represented by colour illustrations. The Appendix contains a glossary of the key terms of ceramic production and a chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

ISBN: 978-963-87548-1-3; 978-963-87548-3-7
Author: Györgyi Fajcsák
Publisher: Budapest: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts
Year of publication: 2007
Language: Hungarian, English (bilingual)
Number of pages: 34 pages and with a DVD with colour illustrations

White Gold, Mohammedan Blue and Peach Blossom Volume II.

The Chinese ceramic collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts constitutes of approximately 1,500 artefacts. The oldest items date back to the Western Han dynasty (2nd century BC). The first volume, published in 2007, covers the 200-item collection of early Chinese ceramics. Volume 2 publishes the Qing ceramics of the collection. The six chapters (organized on the basis of the production technique and the function of the items) are as follows: monochrome ceramics, blue-and-white porcelains, figural ceramics, Dehua porcelains, Yixing ceramics and tobacco flasks. The publication discusses the presence of Qing ceramics in the Hungarian collections in the 18th–19th centuries, giving a detailed account of the Qing ceramics collection of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, along with its history and growth. The volume contains a chronological chart, a glossary of the terms of Chinese ceramic art and a list of Chinese names (with Chinese characters and in their Romanised version).

ISBN: 978-963-87548-9-9
Author: Györgyi Fajcsák
Publisher: Budapest: Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts
Year of publication: 2011
Language: English