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LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................... vii
LIST OF CHINESE NAMES AND TERMS ................................................................. xxii
CHRONOLOGY........................................................................................................... xxvii
QING DYNASTY RULERS ......................................................................................... xxix
PREFACE ........................................................................................................................xxx
CHAPTER
1 EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI ....................................................................................1
A Brief History of the Empress Dowager and Her Reign .......................................1
Patronage and Collecting: Emulating the Past .........................................................9
Painting and Porcelain: Connections .....................................................................15
The Empress Dowager’s Porcelain ........................................................................29
Dayazhai ................................................................................................................39
Wedding Porcelain .................................................................................................51
Birthday Porcelain .................................................................................................57
Conclusion .............................................................................................................60
2 YUAN SHIKAI ........................................................................................................63
The Last Qing Emperor .........................................................................................63
Yuan Shikai ............................................................................................................67
Creation of Hongxian .............................................................................................71
Connecting to Past Patrons ....................................................................................75
Visual Analysis of Collections...............................................................................79
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