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in 1952, it surely was not its inscription that attracted him. The contrast between the
Chinese emphasis on epigraphy and the Western emphasis on visual appearance has be-
come a constant theme in comparing collecting practices between China and the West.
Guolong Lai’s chapter in this volume, “A Tale of Two Tureens,” tells an insightful story
on the subject. The Brundage rhinoceros provides another case in point, while testify-
ing in no uncertain terms to the sure taste and tenacity of the collector, Avery Brundage.

Acknowledgment

I would like to thank Robert Bagley, Tom Christensen, and Thomas Lawton for their
valuable comments on the manuscript.

Glossary

Anyang 安陽 niu 牛
Dai Fubao 戴福保, or Jun Tsei Tai (J. T. Tai) Qufu 曲阜
戴潤齋 Ran fangding 方鼎
ding 鼎 Rencheng 任城

dingsi 丁巳 Renfang 人方
Fu Hao 婦好 rong 肜
guang 觥 Shandong 山東
gui 簋 Shouzhang 壽張
he 盉 Si Mu Xin 司母辛
hsi tsun 牺尊 Taizong 太宗
Huai 淮 Wenwu 文物
jia 斝 Xiaochen Yu 小臣艅
Jining 濟寧 Xiuding si 脩定寺
Jizhou jinshi zhi 濟州金石志 Xu Zonggan 徐宗幹
yan 甗
Kong 孔 yi 彝
Kui 夔 Zhong Yangtian 鍾養田
Liangshan 梁山 Zhou Xin 紂辛
Lu Gong ding 魯公鼎 zun 尊

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