Bibliograph

The China collectors, America's century-long hunt for Asian art treasures, Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac

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Label

The China collectors, America's century-long hunt for Asian art treasures, Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The China collectors

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881437085

Responsibility statement

Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac

Sub title

America's century-long hunt for Asian art treasures

Summary

Thanks to Salem sea captains, Gilded Age millionaires, curators on horseback and missionaries gone native, North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of East Asia itself. How did it happen? The China Collectors is the first full account of a century-long treasure hunt in China from the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion to Mao Zedong's 1949 ascent

Table Of Contents

Prologue. Our winding way to China -- 1. The rules of the game -- 2. Pacific overtures -- 3. The crimson path -- 4. Barrels of glue -- 5. Lament for Longmen -- 6. Penn corrals the Tang emperor's horses -- 7. Mad for Ming -- 8. Art on the rails -- 9. The porcelain bubble -- 10. Romancing the Rockefellers -- 11. The mandarin -- 12. Canada's tryst with China -- 13. Painting power -- 14. Threads of heaven -- 15. The authenticator -- 16. Streams and mountains : the view from the Middle West -- 17. The Met's marathon -- 18. Alien property -- 19. Going for the gold -- 20. The grand acquisitor -- Epilogue. Promising portals in the Great Wall

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