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China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics
George Manginis
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Description for China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics
Paperback. This richly illustrated book showcases a previously unseen collection of Chinese ceramics, formed in the early twentieth century by George Eumorfopoulos, a pivotal figure in the appreciate of Asian art. These artifacts build a rare time capsule of Western tastes and preoccupations with the East in the decades prior to World War II. Num Pages: 144 pages, 160 full colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFP; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 249 x 14. Weight in Grams: 790.
This richly illustrated book showcases a previously unseen and virtually unknown historical collection of Chinese ceramics, formed in the early twentieth century by George Eumorfopoulos, a pivotal figure in the appreciate of Asian art. Taken together, these artifacts, now located at the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece, build a rare time capsule of Western tastes and preoccupations with the East in the decades prior to World War II. The years between the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the establishment of the People s Republic of China in 1949 marked an opening up of China to the ... Read more
This richly illustrated book showcases a previously unseen and virtually unknown historical collection of Chinese ceramics, formed in the early twentieth century by George Eumorfopoulos, a pivotal figure in the appreciate of Asian art. Taken together, these artifacts, now located at the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece, build a rare time capsule of Western tastes and preoccupations with the East in the decades prior to World War II. The years between the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the establishment of the People s Republic of China in 1949 marked an opening up of China to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910376584
SKU
V9781910376584
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99-5
About George Manginis
George Manginis is an archaeologist. He has taught Byzantine, Islamic, and Chinese Art Historyat the University of Edinburgh, SOAS, and the New College of the Humanities. In 2013 he wasa Stanley J. Seeger Fellow at Princeton University. Manginis the author of Mount Sinai (2016).
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