The lives of Chinese objects : Buddhism, imperialism and display /: Buddhism, imperialism and display. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Louise Tythacott.
• Other Names: Tythacott, Louise
• Contents: List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments Introduction ; Research and Serendipity; Objects, Meanings, Biographies; Objects and the Museum Chapter 1.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Sacred Beings in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties ; Construction: Births, Iconographies and Consecrations; Location: the Island and the Temple; Reception: Pilgrims, Lay Worshippers and Monks Chapter 2. Trophies of War, 1844-1852 ; China and the World Outside; Edie's War: Disease, Death and the Deity of Compassion; Edie's Objects: the Significance of Things; From Public to Private, Sacred to Profane Chapter 3. Articles of Industry: the Great Exhibition of 1851 ; Articles of Imperial Ideology; China's Refusal; China at the Great Exhibition; Late Arrivals: Exhibiting Edie's Collection; Pilgrimage and Ritual at the Temple of Industry; China at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham Chapter 4. Curiosities, Antiquities, Art Treasure, Commodities: 1854-1867 ; In the Cabinet of Gems: Objects of Bram Hertz, 1854-1856; Art Treasure: May to October 1857; Commodities: Sotheby's, 31 May 1854 and 24 February 1859; Objects of Joseph Mayer: Antiquities and Curiosities, 1856-1867 Chapter 5. Specimens of Ethnology and Race: Liverpool Museum, 1867-1929 ; From Private to Public; Objects in the Museum; At the Back of the Walker Art Gallery and in Gatty's Catalogue: 1882; Objects of the 'Mongolian' Race: 1894-1929 Chapter 6. Objects of Art, Archaeology and Oriental Antiquity: Liverpool Museum, 1929-1996 ; Chinese Objects as 'Art'; Objects in War and Store: 'An Exhibition of Official Neglect'; Objects of Archaeology: 1940-1966; Objects of Antiquity: 1966-1996; Guanyin Rediscovered: Objects of Chinese Metalwork and Connoisseurship, 1970s-1990s Chapter 7.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Objects of Curation and Conservation, 1996-2005 ; New Identities; Objects of Conservation; Objects of 'Contact' and 'Encounter' Chapter 8. Future Lives: Liverpool or China ; Objects in Liverpool; Objects in China Postscript: Confessions of a Former Curator Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 730.951; Buddhist sculpture -- China -- Putuo Shan Island -- History; Bronze sculpture -- China -- Putuo Shan Island -- History; Ceremonial objects -- China -- Putuo Shan Island -- History; Ethnological museums and collections -- England -- Liverpool; Museum exhibits -- England -- Liverpool; Cultural property -- Repatriation -- China; Putuo Shan Island (China) -- Antiquities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857452399; 0857452398
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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