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Conclusion .............................................................................................................96
3 COLLECTING .......................................................................................................100
Early History of Chinese Ceramics......................................................................100
Establishing Collecting in China .........................................................................102
Early Porcelain Collecting in Europe ..................................................................110
Considering Later Collecting in the East and West .............................................124
Emperor Qianlong: Premier Patron and Collector ...............................................128
An Argument for Continuation ............................................................................136
Porcelain Collecting in the Era of the Empress Dowager ....................................139
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The Sir Percival David Collection and Collecting During the 20 Century........158
Trends of the Late Qing and Early Republic .......................................................172
Conclusion ...........................................................................................................182
REFERENCES ................................................................................................................187
FIGURES .........................................................................................................................205
APPENDIX
A PHOENIX HONGXIAN PORCELAIN COLLECTION ......................................292
B REIGN MARKS ....................................................................................................296
C DESCRIPTION OF PORCELAIN OWNED BY THE IMPERIAL FAMILY .....299
D OBJECTS HELD IN BRITISH COLLECTIONS, 1850-1920 ..............................302
E NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF OBJECTS IN BRITISH COLLECTIONS AND
PHOENIX HONGXIAN PORCELAIN COLLECTION ..........................................334
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