Unsurprisingly, I agree (while being sorry about all the destruction)

Ah, interesting! Didn't know this was an established term - though the Proust passage reads more like a loose comparison to me

your suggestion is more interesting, but I don't think he actually refers to Chinese literature here - I'd say he just compares the formal intricacy of Bergotte's works to Chinese (or Chinese inspired) art objects - in the original it's "chinoiseries de forme", so not really puzzles

19. In the early 1900s, Bergson's lectures at the Collège de France became so popular that people would climb up the side of the building to listen in and it was suggested that his lectures be moved to the grand amphitheatre of the Sorbonne or even the Garnier Opera. We have photographic evidence