In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes in imperi
The complex interweaving of different Western visions of China had a profound impact on artistic exchange between China and the West during the nineteenth centu
Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Extravagant Inventions: the Princely Furniture of the Roentgens" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of A