Jirka-Schmitz, Patrizia - In: Journal for art market studies 2 (2018) 3, pp. 1-15
The trade in Far Eastern objects of art and consequently the establishment of an art market in Europe originated with the Dutch Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (V.O.C.) in the seventeenth century. In Berlin during the period from 1850 to 1870, East Asian art was often sold in conjunction with...