The great Chinese art transfer how so much of China's art came to America / by Michael St. Clair.

Author/creator St. Clair, Michael, 1940-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMadison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016]
Description1 online resource.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: St. Clair, Michael, 1940- author. Great Chinese art transfer Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016] 9781611479102
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016002609
ISBN9781611479119 (Electronic)

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