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The exhibition contains works made between the 10th and 19th centuries, said curator Györgyi Fajcsák. They come from the wrecks of the Belitung, the Göteborg, the Nanking, the Santa Cruz and the Diana, among others, he added.
Most of the ships sunk off the coasts of Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia or the Philippines.
The show also includes Chinese porcelain from as early as the Neolithic period uncovered by archaeologists.
Altogether, almost 200 pieces of porcelain made over more than 5,000 years are included in the exhibition.
The show, called The Treasures of Sunken Ships ? Chinese Porcelain From the Collection of Magda Bácsi, can be seen until January 15.
The Museum of Applied Arts will establish a ?dedicated space? for the collection, said director Imre Takács. ?The collection, amassed with good taste and great passion, is made more valuable if its owner shares it with others, compatriots and all of humanity,? he added.
Deputy director Péter Siklós said the museum had recently completed almost 30 million forints of renovations making it accessible to people in wheelchairs. Other improvements were also made to enrich the experience of the blind and weak-sited as well as the hard of hearing, he added.
The project was supported with funding from the European Union.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
