China Rediscovered

The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics

George Manginis

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English

Haus Publishing
11 July 2016

Oriental art; Ceramic arts, pottery, glass; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

This richly illustrated book showcases a previously unseen and virtually unknown historical collection of Chinese ceramics, formed in the early twentieth century by George Eumorfopoulos, a pivotal figure in the appreciation of Asian art. Taken together, these artifacts, now located at the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece, build a rare time capsule of Western tastes and preoccupations with the East in the decades prior to World War II.

The years between the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 marked an opening up of China to the rest of the world and coincided with the first archaeological excavations of the country’s early cultures. Working at the time in London, a center of imperialist power and global finance, Eumorfopoulos and his colleagues were instrumental in acquiring, assessing, interpreting, and manipulating the unearthed objects. The years of isolation that followed this period allowed aspects of his approach to become canonical, influencing later scholarly research on Chinese material culture.

This groundbreaking exploration of approximately one hundred artifacts is not only an important account of Eumorfopoulos’s work, but also a story about China and the West—and the role of these antique materials in their cultural interplay.

By: George Manginis
Imprint: Haus Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 25mm, Width: 15mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781910376584
ISBN 10: 1910376582
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 11 July 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Adult education , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

George Manginis is an archaeologist. He has taught Byzantine, Islamic, and Chinese Art Historyat the University of Edinburgh, SOAS, and the New College of the Humanities. In 2013 he wasa Stanley J. Seeger Fellow at Princeton University. Manginis the author of Mount Sinai (2016).

Reviews for China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics

""[Eumorfopoulos was] a great London collector of Chinese antiquities of all kinds; with a particular interest in Chinese ceramics.""-- ""The British Museum"" ""Eumorfopoulos was pivotal among the enthusiasts and scholars who during the early 20th century changed long-held preconceptions on China.""-- ""Nee Hao Magazine"" ""George Eumorfopoulos . . . will long be remembered as one of the greatest collectors of Chinese porcelain. . . . In the heyday of his career he dominated the Oriental art market.""-- ""The Times""