China: alluring and mysterious to the West
China's tradition of collecting
The greatest collection ever
Foreigners in China's curios and antiquities shops
American pioneers in China: yankee traders, missionaries and diplomats
Taste-makers and early ceramics collectors
International dealers in Chinese art
The Boston orientalists and the Japanese connection
Americans who began to collect Chinese porcelain
The pace of American collecting increases
The age of giants who collected
The great public collections of Chinese art
Forgeries, fakes, and the repatriation of art.