Collecting Antiquity in Modern China: Artifacts and Their Afterlives

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Collecting Antiquity in Modern China: Artifacts and Their AfterlivesDESCRIPTION : A look at twentieth century Chinese writers and intellectuals who used the material remains of the past to unsettle the present. In this book, Guangchen Chen argues that discerning collectors used antiquities to upend dominant discourses on history and cultural memory in twentieth century China. Examining four categories of ancient artifactscarving (oracle bones), rubbing (imprints of inscriptions and books), brushing (calligraphy), and

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