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A literary criticism of the metaphorical employment of Chinese artifacts as representation of female marginality in the works of novelist Virginia Woolf is presented. It takes note of scant academic attention to the subject other than in the book "Race and the Modernist Imagination" by Urmila Seshagiri whereas Woolf is known to have collected several volumes on China. Her description of Chinese handicrafts and views on imperialism and colonialism are also discussed.