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Aiko Gyoso (Maekawa Bunzo comp.): Akisato Rito: Arce, Dr. Jose; drawings by Schiff: Argence, Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d': Art Institute of Chicago; Wang Tao ed: Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, Beijing University: AUSPICIOUS ORNAMENTAL JADES |
SMIEC2 Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster: THE EMPRESS OF CHINA. Philadelphia, 1984. xviii, 331 pp. 71 illustrations, maps on endpapers. Appendixes, notes and index. 26x18 cm. Paper. GBP 15.00 The Empress of China was the first vessel belonging to the USA to initiate trade with the Chinese in 1784, returning in 1785 with tea, porcelain and other exotic Oriental goods. Interesting facsimiles of cargo manifests. Subjects: Export Art Item 147 in List 205. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?s/SMIEC2.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |