Porcelain Collections from Around the World
Publicly accessible major Chinese porcelain collections in museums and other places. These consist mostly either of items from imperial kilns or high-quality porcelain from private kilns.

Major CollectionsLocationComment
National Palace Museum Taipei, TaiwanThe National Palace Museum contains probably the second largest collection of Chinese imperial porcelain in the world. 
Palace  MuseumBeijing, ChinaMuseum located in a Palace of the Forbidden City
Shanghai MuseumShanghai, China
National MuseumChina
Percival David FoundationLondon, U.K.
Victoria & Albert MuseumsUnited KingdomChinese porcelain collection
East Asia MuseumStockholm, Sweden
Ceramics Museum Princessehof Netherlands
Asian Ceramics Colllections:
Gemeentemuseum
Groninger Museum
Rijksmuseum		 Netherlands

Den Haag
Groningen
Amsterdam
Boston Museum of Fine ArtsBoston, USA
Brooklyn MuseumNew York, USA
Metropolitan MuseumNew York, USA
Topkapi PalaceIstanbul, TurkeyAt the end of the important trade routes with China, the Topkapi Palace museum possibly houses the largest collection of Song and Yuan ceramics outside China.

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