Investigates the controversial practice of art replication

An excellent survey of scholarship surrounding some of the most fundamental issues in the study of Chinese art. Ranging from Chinese bronzes through Buddhist painting and imperial patronage to the development of the modern scholarly field of Chinese art history and contemporary art, it will be an important resource for many different readers. Shawn Eichman, Honolulu Academy of Arts

An informative and sometimes provocative guide to understanding replications of Chinese art as cultural ontology from antiquity to the...