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China was incapable of appreciating and protecting her own heritage, which made
American intervention and patronage a necessity. Chinese antiquities needed to be
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discovered, preserved, and consumed by and for modern America.
395 In the West, the attitude toward the removal of Chinese antiquities varied. Alfred
Salmony noted, “However, when the serious collectors of the West-led by those of Great
Britain-decided on the boycott of broken heads, a boycott somewhat relaxed nowadays,
certain art dealers from Paris went out with special machines to cut the stone, and they
hired soldiers to protect their activity of devastation.” (Salmony 1940b, 8)
