Two Great American Collectors of Chinese Ceramics: Morgan and Freer

Pope Memorial Lecture
Chinese ceramics specialist James J. Lally compares the aesthetic philosophies and acquisition practices of two great American collectors: J. P. Morgan, the so-called king of Wall Street, and Charles Lang Freer, founder of the Freer Gallery of Art. The lecture complements the exhibitions The Peacock Room Comes to America and Chinamania: Whistler and the Victorian Craze for Blue-and-White.
Morgan and Freer were close contemporaries, and despite very different origins, their biographies present many parallels. A century ago both were successful businessmen and voracious art collectors, and both acquired large holdings of Chinese ceramics-yet, their methods and resulting collections diverged in the extreme. While exploring a particular moment in the history of American collectors of Asian art, this lecture suggests how the stories of Morgan and Freer relate to collectors of Chinese ceramics today.
The Freer Gallery of Art and The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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11 years later and this video is still awesome. Thank you.

[@HoughtonAncestors]

Wonderful lecture! Thank you Mr. Lally for your expansive knowledge of Chinese porcelain and its history. And special thanks to the Sackler Gallery for uploading this terrific video.

[@AntiqueArtsCollection]

Wonderful!

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compaturism is a top trend in Europe now but in China is avalible

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I love porcelains,,,

[@MrManny075]

Well I don't understand why someone sells something that was in his hand and then buy it bake later or tray to but it bake ?

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Would thieves take something from trash and dustbin?

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I have approx thirty fine art Fish Bowls and other both Japanese and Chinese ceramics that I would like to sell. Who might be interested in purchasing them. These were passed down from my parents.

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al krelnikov have you still had your fish bowl?

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If you're a modern day ceramics collector and watching this video, seeing if it gives in depth knowledge on ceramics to help you, this video is 100% useless. This video is just a guy reading biographies of two American collectors.

[@patavinity1262]

Well the title makes it quite clear that it's discussing the lives of two collectors, so I guess whatever moron watches the video thinking it has a completely different subject to the one explicitly stated only has himself to blame.