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Asian export art
The trade in Asian export art is catching up with its global roots. The continent-crossing field—ceramics, textiles, furniture and decorative objects produced in the Far East for export to the West between the early 15th and the mid-19th centuries—is now attracting collectors in its countries of origin. European and US collectors and museums have been active in the market for years, but the past decade has seen buyers emerge in Brazil, the Middle East and “esp