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jade, ceramics, sculpture, and painting. Some exhibitions featured specific media, such as

the Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient and Genuine Chinese Paintings (1916), the

Exhibition of Chinese Stone Sculptures (1940), the Exhibition of the Wares of the Sung

Dynasty (1947), and the Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades (1950). Some exhibitions

presented a special collection or works by an artist. The paintings in the collection of

Chang Ts’ung-yu (Zhang Congyu), for example, constituted the core of the Exhibition of

Authenticated Chinese Paintings in 1947. In 1943 Loo staged an exhibition featuring

Alison Stilwell’s Chinese paintings. Some exhibitions were topical. An Exhibition of

Figures in Chinese Art (1946) for instance, displayed statues of human figures in various

medium from the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty. Other exhibitions followed a

chronological order, such as Chinese Art Through the Ages (1936).

Loo staged shows not only in his own galleries, but also in other commercial galleries

and museums. In the 1910s and 1920s, Loo’s collections were displayed in auction

houses before the sales. The Exhibition of Chinese, Indian and Cambodian Art was held

in the Wildenstein gallery in 1931. A few exhibitions of Loo’s collections were launched

in museums, such as the 1941 exhibition Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Chinese Jewelry

at the Toledo Museum of Art. Some exhibitions were on the move. The Exhibition of

Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes was first on view in the Detroit Institute of Arts from

October 18 to November 10, 1940, then traveled to the City Art Museum of St. Louis

from November 22 to December 15.

Loo not only organized exhibitions to display exclusively his own collections, but also

participated in “group” shows, which included objects from multiple sources, such as the