Why cauldrons come first: taxonomic transparency in the earliest Chinese antiquarian catalogues

The term ‘antiquarianism’ is increasingly being deployed as an analytical heuristic for comparing different world traditions of thinking about old things. Central to almost all characterizations of “Chinese antiquarianism” is the construction of a pedigree stretching back to the inventories and cata...

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Main Author: Jeffrey Moser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/moser.pdf