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在过去的两个世纪中,西方来到中国,从洞窟、宫殿和画商的密室里搜刮艺术珍品,盗走了雕塑、家具、瓷器、书画等大量国宝。敦煌壁画、龙门石窟、昭陵六骏……这些稀世珍宝现存何处?两位作者通过查阅私人文件、历史档案,以及主要人物的回忆录,详细叙述了从鸦片战争到1949年这段时期,以美国人为首的西方收藏家是如何想方设法获得中国艺术品的一段历史,这些文物最终催生了中国古董市场在欧美的蓬勃发展,也激发了中国人依靠艺术市场促使国宝回归的努力。
Over the past two centuries, the West came to China to search art treasures from the secret chambers of caves, palaces and art dealers, and stole a large number of national treasures such as sculpture, furniture, porcelain and calligraphy and painting. Dunhuang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Chunghsing Chun ...... Where are these Rare Treasures? By referring to personal documents, historical archives and memoirs of the main characters, the two authors elaborate on the period from the Opium War to 1949 American-led Western collectors find ways to get some history of Chinese artwork. These artifacts eventually gave birth to the vigorous development of the Chinese antique market in Europe and the United States. They also stimulated the efforts of the Chinese people to rely on the arts market to promote the return of their national treasure.