A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong; by D. S. Howard, published Sotheby’s 1997, now out of print.
The catalogue of the exhibition of that name at Sotheby’s London, covering three centuries of Sino-British trade in the decorative arts. 371 catalogue entries fully described and illustrated in colour. Loan exhibits include East India Company records, China Trade paintings, ceramics, figures, mirror paintings, enamels, textiles, furniture, lacquer, ivory and tortoiseshell, bronze and pewter figures, silver and metalwares, snuff bottles, seals, fans, jewelry, mother-of-pearl, and other decorative wares of the China Trade.
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