Haoyang Zhao¡¯s research focuses on the visual and material culture of imperial China, as well as the collecting histories, circulation and provenance of Chinese art in the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British market. His principal research project examines looted pages from the Qing imperial album Huangchao Liqi Tushi (»Ê³¯ÀñÆ÷ͼʽ), with particular attention to the reconstruction, commission, material representation and provenance of its dispersed illustrated pages.
His wider research interests include Chinese paintings in the nineteenth-century rare-book market; the provenance of objects looted from the Yuanmingyuan; art-market studies of Chinese art and related fields in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the production, labour structures and working mechanisms of Qing imperial workshops; textiles and costume at the Qing court; cross-cultural exchange; as well as porcelain of the Ming¨CQing transitional period (1620¨C1683).
He completed his PhD in History of Art at the University of Glasgow, where his research brought together art-historical and provenance-based approaches. He also holds an MRes in History of Art from the University of Glasgow, as well as an MA and a BA in History of Art and Archaeology from SOAS, University of London. Before joining The Courtauld, Zhao worked as Researcher in the Chinese Works of Art Department at Sotheby¡¯s and as Research Assistant for the Butler Collection, contributing to a database of dated porcelain and pieces bearing hallmarks. He is also Editorial Assistant at Orientations magazine.
