Pocket Ceramics Gallery

The Palace Museum invites you to download and explore the mobile application Pocket Ceramics Gallery (Chinese name: Gugong taoci guan)—supported by multiple mobile operating systems, such as HarmonyOS, Android, and iOS—which features all the exhibits in the Palace Museum’s Ceramics Gallery, located in the Hall of Literary Brilliance (Wenhua dian) in the Forbidden City. Each of the over 1,000 works on view are organized chronologically with a vivid timeline for you to explore period characteristics of Chinese ceramics, from the plain earthenware pots of remote antiquity to the sumptuously glazed vases of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). This pocket version of the physical gallery will be your convenient, detailed guide with descriptions of every exhibit. Diverse features such as high-resolution images, three-dimensional models, size comparisons, and historical information await your discovery!