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OverviewBrian McElney was born in Hong Kong in the early 1930s, and for more than two decades was one of the territory's top lawyers. But in his spare time, he also put together one of the most comprehensive collections of East Asian antiques in the world, many of them spotted by him amongst the knick-knacks on Hollywood Road and Cat Street. His memoir, Collecting China, starts at the height of the Cultural Revolution in the mid-1960s, when it was just not known whether the Red Guards would storm over the border and start smashing up porcelain on the Mid-Levels, and then tells tales ranging from the Hong Kong of the 1930s through to the establishment by Brian of what is today the only museum specialising in Chinese antiquities in the United Kingdom - the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian McElneyPublisher: Earnshaw Books Limited Imprint: Earnshaw Books Limited Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.80cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9789888422487ISBN 10: 9888422480 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 30 January 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationBrian McElney OBE was born in Hong Kong, educated primarily in England and worked for 35 years as a lawyer back in Hong Kong, meanwhile gathering what has become a world famous collection of Chinese antiquities. He now lives in Bath in southern England where he founded the Museum of East Asian Art. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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