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of Taizong emperor’s horses (UPM C395, C396), and the Sui bronze altar previously in
Duanfang’s collection (MFA 22.407).
America’s importation of Chinese antiquities, however, suffered from America’s entry
into World War I. The statistical data in the chart below shows that in 1918 the volume of
China’s antique export trade with the U.S. in the port of Shanghai dropped from 379,376
custom taels in 1917 to 42,317 (Futian 2005, 77).
Table 1
Shanghai Port: Chinese Antique Export Trade Volume with the U.S. (custom tael), 1916-
1931
Year Shanghai Port: Chinese Antique
Export Trade Volume with the
U.S. (custom tael)
1916 434,335
1917 379,376
1918 42,317
1919 210,360
1920 327,765
1921 177,112
1922 325,135
1923 478,497
1924 692,176
1925 580,112
1926 778,325
1927 742,407
1928 629,918
1929 570,014
1930 462,314
1931 398,084
