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Bequeathed to the South Kensington Museum by Arthur Wells in 1882.\n\nThis acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.\r\n\r\nArthur Wells was a Nottingham solicitor and Clerk of the Peace. He was a keen traveller and a Fellow of the Geographical Society. He is considered the first private British collector of Chinese jade and from 1872 his collection of Chinese and Indian jades and other hardstones and Chinese cloisonne objects, was exhibited at the South Kensington Museum (now the V&amp;A). This collection, numbering 160 objects, was left to the museum in his will. According to a list in the V&amp;A archive, nine of the Chinese pieces came from 'the Summer Palace, Pekin', which refers to the imperial summer retreat Yuanming Yuan, located north of Beijing, which was plundered and destroyed by British and French troops during the Second Opium War in 1860. For most of these objects, there is no further information allowing us to verify the provenance. However, this plaque has a label on the back which reads 'A fine specimen of green jade taken out of the Summer Palace at Pekin by Captain Fosbroke'. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1839-1884) served in one of the battalions in the 1860 campaign. \r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Circular plaque, dark green jade with dragon carving, China, 1700-1800","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Benton, Charlotte, Benton, Tim and Wood, Ghislaine (eds), <i>Art Deco 1910-1939</i>, London : V & A Publications, 2003","id":"AUTH354664"},"details":"6.6","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"龍","id":"CIT284420"},{"text":"升騰 (動物)","id":"CIT283749"},{"text":"龍珠","id":"CIT0291761"},{"text":"火","id":"CIT0285210"},{"text":"祥雲","id":"CIT280093"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Art Deco: 1910-1939 exhibition, V&A 2003\r\nAccording to the Illustrated London News jade was 'all the rage' in 1922. 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