| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 225 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
China: alluring and mysterious to the West -- China's tradition of collecting -- The greatest collection ever -- Foreigners in China's curios and antiquities shops -- American pioneers in China: yankee traders, missionaries and diplomats -- Taste-makers and early ceramics collectors -- International dealers in Chinese art -- The Boston orientalists and the Japanese connection -- Americans who began to collect Chinese porcelain -- The pace of American collecting increases -- The age of giants who collected -- The great public collections of Chinese art -- Forgeries, fakes, and the repatriation of art. |
| Summary |
This is the story of one of the great outflows of art in history, that is, from China into the collections and museums of the West. Western collectors and international dealers gathered paintings, ceramics, and other art objects during a short period from 1860 into the early years of the twentieth century, and now there is a reverse flow as wealthy Chinese collectors purchase back some of these treasures. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Art, Chinese -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.
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Art, Chinese -- Collectors and collecting. |
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United States. |
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Art, Chinese. |
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ART -- History -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: St. Clair, Michael, 1940- Great Chinese art transfer. Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2016 9781611479102 (DLC) 2016001023 |
| ISBN |
9781611479119 (electronic book) |
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1611479118 (electronic book) |
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9781611479102 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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