Throughout most of Ancient China, there were many individuals who competed to find the rarest and most valuable art pieces they could find. Being first recognized during the Song dynasty (960 – 1279 A.D.), collectors were willing to pay high prices for such goods despite not actually understanding their original function. Because of this recklessness,…
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During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 A.D), art-collecting was an exclusively male pursuit in China, who competed to find the rarest and most valuable pieces they could find. A well-off individual living at the time might have collected pieces – like documents inked with Chinese calligraphy, painted ceramics, and even antique bronze objects – that were,…
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