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Ernest Grandidier's Chinese ceramics collection - Guimet Museum

Chinese ceramics, Christies, collection, Grandidier, Guimet, Jingdezhen, Meiping, monochrome, museum, Qianlong, Sotheby's, Yongzheng

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Ernest Grandidier (1833-1912) has collected over 6'000 pieces of Chinese ceramics during his collectors life which he started in the 1870's. he worked during the French Empire as Auditor at the French State Council. he also participated in some scientific...

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Extensive review of Chinese collectors profile and motivation

Chinese ceramics, Chow, Clark, collectors, cunliffe, grandidier, hikonobu ise, liu yiqian, min chiu, Pilkington, richard kan, sir percival david

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As a Chinese ceramics collector myself, I really wanted to know more about all the past or present collectors that have shared this same passion with me. Having a passion is great but sharing it is exceedingly better. In this article, I will go through...

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