An elegantly illustrated exploration of Chinese connoisseurship, the book profiles a vivid array of historical collectors and aesthetesfrom imperial eunuchs and art?loving merchants to bibliophiles and connoisseurs of porcelain, bronzes, watches, paintings and music. Its richly reproduced imagery and essays reveal how personal taste, cultural identity, and collecting practices intersected across dynasties
Format:
Hardcover, cloth bound, with dust jacket
Author:
Michel Beurdeley, Marie-Therese Lambert-Brouillet
Publisher:
Office du Livre Fribourg