Download or read book The China Collectors written by Karl E. Meyer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The principal gatherers are mostly little known and defy invention. They included "foreign devils" who braved desert sandstorms, bandits and local warlords in acquiring significant works. Adventurous curators like Langdon Warner, a forebear of Indiana Jones, argued that the caves of Dunhuang were already threatened by vandals, thereby justifying the removal of frescoes and sculptures. Other Americans include George Kates, an alumnus of Harvard, Oxford and Hollywood, who fell in love with Ming furniture. The Chinese were divided between dealers who profited from the artworks' removal, and scholars who sought to protect their country's patrimony. Duanfang, the greatest Chinese collector of his era, was beheaded in a coup and his splendid bronzes now adorn major museums. Others in this rich tapestry include Charles Lang Freer, an enlightened Detroit entrepreneur, two generations of Rockefellers, and Avery Brundage, the imperious Olympian, and Arthur Sackler, the grand acquisitor. No less important are two museum directors, Cleveland's Sherman Lee and Kansas City's Laurence Sickman, who challenged the East Coast's hegemony. Shareen Blair Brysac and Karl E. Meyer even-handedly consider whether ancient treasures were looted or salvaged, and whether it was morally acceptable to spirit hitherto inaccessible objects westward, where they could be studied and preserved by trained museum personnel. And how should the US and Canada and their museums respond now that China has the means and will to reclaim its missing patrimony?

Download or read book Chinese Art The Impossible Collection written by Adrian Cheng and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While readers will come away from Chinese Art with a nuanced understanding of Chinese culture, the volume is also a work of art in its own right—a must-have collectible for any devotee of Chinese art and culture. Assouline’s Ultimate Collection is an homage to the art of luxury bookmaking—the oversized volume is hand-bound using traditional techniques, with several of the plates hand-tipped on art-quality paper and housed in a luxury silk clamshell.

Download or read book English China written by Mary Frank Gaston and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-color, illustrated handbook describing various patterns and pieces of English china, with identification information and approximate values.

Download or read book The China Collector s written by Bury Palliser and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Download or read book China Collector written by Henry William Lewer and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collector s Encyclopedia of Pickard China with Additional Sections on Other Chicago China Studios written by Alan B. Reed and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Collectors Encyclopedia of Flow Blue China written by Mary Frank Gaston and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of flow blue china, identifies manufacturers' trademarks, and shows examples of plates, bowls, teapots, vases, tureens, and pitchers

Download or read book Collecting China written by Vimalin Rujivacharakul and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting China is a unique collection of essays that brings together theories of materiality and what collecting has meant to various peoples over time. Collecting China grew out of a simple question: how does a thing become Chinese? Fifteen essays explore this question from different angles, ranging from close examination of world-renowned private collections to critical reinterpretations of historical writings.

Download or read book Lefton China written by Ruth McCarthy and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 1997-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 900 photos document Lefton China company's figurines, teapots, ashtrays, planters, animal and figurine creations, banks, bells, cookie jars, hands, salt and pepper shakers, spiritual items, and vases made in America since the late 1930s. Complete descriptions, bottom marks, and up-to-date prices are included for the variety of styles, patterns, series, and themes that make Lefton China sought-after today.

Download or read book Haviland China written by Nora Travis and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From breakfast, through dinner and beyond, Nora Travis shows in over 400 color photographs the beauty of Haviland China as it graced the dining table in the Age of Elegance and continues to do so today. A brief history of the Haviland family and their contribution to the American way of life is included, along with the production of Haviland china and its decoration. To enable the reader to identify patterns, many have been cataloged by Schleiger number, the current form of pattern identification used by most Haviland matchers. There are also descriptions of the many pieces and their proper usage for breakfast, luncheon, afternoon tea and a 15 course dinner. A listing of back marks and updated values are also included.

Download or read book The China Collector s Pocket Companion written by Mrs. Bury Palliser and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Chinese Collector Through the Centuries from the Han to the 20th Century written by Michel Beurdeley and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book China Collecting in America written by Alice Morse Earle and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive and delightful survey of "China-Hunting" in Mew England. Chapter include: China Hunting; Trencher Treen and Pewter Bright; Early Use and Importation of China in America; Early Fictile Art in America; Earliest Pottery Wares, English Porcelain in America; Liverpool and Other Printed Ware; Oriental China; The Cosey Teapot; Punch-Bowls and Punches; George and Martha Washington's China; Presidential China; Designs Relating to Washington; Designs Relating to Franklin; Designs Relating to Lafayette; Patriotic and Political Designs; Staffordshire Wares; China Memories; China Collections.

Download or read book Understand the Art of China A Collector s Guide for Antique Chinese Porcelain written by Yuzhe Niu and published by Yuzhe Niu. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful guide provides essential wide covered knowledge for collectors of antique Chinese porcelain. - Helps you understand the real value of an artifact. - Learn how to recognize authentic antiques from fakes. - Useful knowledge of porcelain design.

Download or read book China Collecting in America written by Alice Morse Earle and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive and delightful survey of "China-Hunting" in Mew England. Chapter include: China Hunting; Trencher Treen and Pewter Bright; Early Use and Importation of China in America; Early Fictile Art in America; Earliest Pottery Wares, English Porcelain in America; Liverpool and Other Printed Ware; Oriental China; The Cosey Teapot; Punch-Bowls and Punches; George and Martha Washington's China; Presidential China; Designs Relating to Washington; Designs Relating to Franklin; Designs Relating to Lafayette; Patriotic and Political Designs; Staffordshire Wares; China Memories; China Collections.

Download or read book The China Collector s Assistant written by George Greaves BROOKS and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The China Collectors written by Karl E. Meyer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold and fascinating history of the unlikely artistic encounters between the US and China, the youngest and oldest of major powers