The great Chinese art transfer : how so much of China's art came to America
by
St. Clair, Michael, 1940- author.
Title
:
The great Chinese art transfer : how so much of China's art came to America
Author
:
St. Clair, Michael, 1940- author.
ISBN
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9781611479102
Personal Author
:
St. Clair, Michael, 1940- author.
Physical Description
:
xvii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents
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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.
Subject Term
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Art, Chinese -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805
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Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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NPM Library | N7340 S75 2016 | 10601427 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |
NPM Library | N7340 S75 2016 | 11100945 | 1 | B | Being transferred between libraries |