Description
The Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton, Published 1986. Paperback, 158 pp.; 25 cm; illustrated with black-and-white and color plates.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Glossy illustrated paper covers show light bumping and creasing to edges and corners with mild shelf wear. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.Exhibition catalogue documenting nearly three centuries of British trade with China, illustrating Chinese export paintings, porcelain, silver, furniture, fans, and wallpaper alongside the history of the Canton factories, the tea and opium trades, and the Hong merchants. Catalogues 194 items drawn from public and private collections, with contributions by David Sanctuary Howard and Rosemary Ransome Wallis. Published with the assistance of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art.Contents: Foreword; Introduction (A Kingdom of Excellencies, Early Contacts with China, Private Trade, Supercargoes, The Hong Merchants, Recreation); The China Drink; Lord Macartney's Embassy; The China Coast (Canton, Whampoa, Macao, Hong Kong, Shanghai); Portraits (Figure Models, Spoilum, Chinnery, Lamqua, Merchants and their Families, Commencing from the Bottom); Scenes of Chinese Life (Plants and Animals); Decorative Arts (Porcelain, Silver, Furniture and Ornaments, Silk Textiles, Fans, Wallpaper); British Exports to China (Singsongs, Cotton, Opium, The Opium War); Bibliography; Lenders to the Exhibition; Index.