APP: The Ceramics Gallery in the Pocket

The iPhone application Ceramics Gallery in the Pocket (Chinese name: Gugong taoci guan) features all the exhibits in the Palace Museum’s Ceramics Gallery located in the Hall of Literary Brilliance (Wenhua dian).  All the pieces are chronologically organized by a timeline, which clearly presents users with period characteristics of Chinese ceramics, from the plain earthern pots of the remote antiquity to the sumptuously glazed vases of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). As the name of this application indicates, it is a mobile ceramics gallery you can put in your pocket. While in the physical gallery, the application is your guide at hand, for it provides detailed description of every exhibits displayed there.