The Williams Collection of Far Eastern Ceramics

Kamer Aga-Oglu was curator of the Museums Asian collections from 1945 to 1974. An extraordinary scholar, Aga-Oglu singlehandedly transformed the study of Asian ceramics, focusing particularly on understudied Asian trade wares in the Museums collections. A specialist in Far Eastern art history, she devoted her lifes work to researching the divisions outstanding collection of Asian ceramics. Throughout her entire tenure at the Museum, Kamer Aga-Oglu was the Museums only woman curator. Her catalogs of the Williams Collection contain dozens of photographs and detailed descriptions of the pieces.