The Yuanmingyuan Loot at Parisian Auctions in the 1860s : Artefacts, Hammer Prices, Sellers and Purchasers

This dataset contains all the catalogues of artefacts, sold at auction in Paris in the 1860's, after the loot of the Imperial Summer Palace or Yuanmingyuan. By matching the catalogues with the minutes of the sales, details on the identity of the persons involved in the sales (auctioneers, experts, sellers), can be revealed.