Professor, graduate supervisor, School of Design, Nanjing University of the Arts
Chinese Jade in America is the first comprehensive account of the curio ancient Chinese jade artifacts collected in American museums. Written by a leading Chinese jade scholar and specialist, the book surveys the appearances, traits, and artistic and historical values of the jade collections in The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. The American collectors and museum’s views and evaluations of Chinese jade artifacts, their preference in collection, and the scholarship in the field of jade ware are also central topics of the book.
