Historic Deerfield will host a symposium in conjunction with the exhibit, "The Canton Connection: Art and Commerce of the China Trade, 1784-1860," and its accompanying catalog. A group of internationally renowned curators, dealers, and scholars will lecture on China trade paintings, porcelain, furniture, and interiors. Workshops on Friday, September 15, will include fakes and forgeries in Chinese export porcelain and interaction between Chinese ceramics and European wares.

Ceramic-related speakers
"Good, Better, Best: The Connoisseurship of China Trade Paintings"
Carl Crossman

"Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur"
Ron Fuchs

"Chinese Export Art for the Western Interior"
Christiaan Jörg

"The Canton Connection: Art and Commerce of the China Trade"
Amanda Lange

"New Theories for New Acquisitions at the Peabody Essex Museum"
William Sargent

Workshops
"Chinese Export Porcelain Connoisseurship: Fakes and Forgeries"
William Sargent

"Chinese Export Art in the Marketplace"
Carl Crossman

"East-West Interactions in Ceramics: Chinese Porcelains and Their Imitations"
Christiaan Jörg

Registration rates $350 for Historic Deerfield member (includes all lectures, two Deerfield Inn lunches, one gala reception, one cocktail party, one Deerfield Inn dinner, coffee and tea breaks, guided tours of the exhibit, "All of Deerfield" admission ticket, and Historic Deerfield magazine);
nonmember $380 (includes all of above plus an individual museum membership for one year). Registration does not include lodging.

Workshops $25 each
Friday buffet luncheon $15
Payment by check, Visa, Mastercard, American Express
Accommodations available at the Deerfield Inn, 413.774.5587, or call 413.775.7214 for local bed and breakfasts, other lodging

Contact
Amanda Lange 413.775.7206 or lange@historic-deerfield.org
Canton Connection Symposium
Historic Deerfield, Inc.
Box 321
Deerfield, MA 01342
413.775.7214
http://www.historic-deerfield.org