Brian McElney was born in Hong Kong in the early 1930s, and for more than two decades was one of the territory's top lawyers. But in his spare time, he also put together one of the most comprehensive collections of East Asian antiques in the world, many of them spotted by him amongst the knick-knacks on Hollywood Road and Cat Street. His memoir, Collecting China, starts at the height of the Cultural Revolution in the mid-1960s, when it was just not known whether the Red Guards would storm over the border and start smashing up porcelain on the Mid-Levels. He also tells tales ranging from the Hong Kong of the 1930s through to the establishment by Brian of what is today the only museum specialising in Chinese antiquities in the United Kingdom - the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath.
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Brian McElney Imprint: Earnshaw Books Ltd Edition: Color Version ed. Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 299g ISBN:9789888843442 ISBN 10: 9888843443 Pages: 256 Publication Date:04 February 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active