Porcelain and revolutionJohan W. N. Munthe (1864 1935) lived an intrepid life in China during a period of upheaval and rebellion. He was a general in the Emperor s army, then, after the fall of the empire, an adviser to the Chinese Ministry of War during the early years of the republic. All the while, he was building up a massive collection of art objects, most of which he eventually donated to the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art in the town of his birth: Bergen,