Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes, Jades, Snuff Bottles and Works of Art
Author : Christie's (auktionshus, London)
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Page : pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 1981
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Author : Christie's (auktionshus, London)
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Page : pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 1981
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Author : Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Pottery, East Asian
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,91 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Art
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Author : San Diego Museum of Art
Publisher : Museum
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 37,7 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Art
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This catalog of the museum's renowned collection of Chinese art by an emeritus curator features color images of stunning works in every genre from calligraphy to Buddhist sculpture, and in materials from bronze to jade. Includes a 5,000-year chronology and a map. Lacks an index. 9x11". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Publisher : Helga Wall-Apelt
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
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Author : Robert Edward Dell
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Page : 586 pages
File Size : 32,93 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Art
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Arts
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Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 28,11 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
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Author : Philip K. Hu
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Page : 210 pages
File Size : 24,62 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art
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Author : Michael St. Clair
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 24,90 MB
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1611479118
This book tells the story of how and why millions of Chinese works of art got exported to collectors and institutions in the West, in particular to the United States. As China’s last dynasty was weakening and collapsing from 1860 into the early years of the twentieth century, China’s internal chaos allowed imperial and private Chinese collections to be scattered, looted and sold. A remarkable and varied group of Westerners entered the country, had their eyes opened to centuries of Chinese creativity and gathered up paintings, bronzes and ceramics, as well as sculptures, jades and bronzes. The migration to America and Europe of China’s art is one of the greatest outflows of a culture’s artistic heritage in human history. A good deal of the art procured by collectors and dealers, some famous and others little known but all remarkable in individual ways, eventually wound up in American and European museums. Today some of the art still in private hands is returning to China via international auctions and aggressive purchases by Chinese millionaires.