02617nam 2200529 450 991079826510332120170919025122.01-61147-911-8(CKB)3710000000610904(EBL)4438933(OCoLC)935495446(SSID)ssj0001624625(PQKBManifestationID)16294626(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001624625(PQKBWorkID)14878945(PQKB)10079879(PQKBManifestationID)16360234(PQKB)23839631(MiAaPQ)EBC4438933(EXLCZ)99371000000061090420160111h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe great Chinese art transfer how so much of China's art came to America /Michael St. ClairMadison :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (245 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61147-912-6 1-61147-910-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.This is the story of one of the great outflows of art in history, that is, from China into the collections and museums of the West. Western collectors and international dealers gathered paintings, ceramics, and other art objects during a short period from 1860 into the early years of the twentieth century, and now there is a reverse flow as wealthy Chinese collectors purchase back some of these treasures.Art, ChineseCollectors and collectingUnited StatesArt, ChineseCollectors and collecting709.51074St. Clair Michael1940-1487723MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798265103321The great Chinese art transfer3716693UNINA