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A+ · Guqin / 古琴

Wang Shixiang王世襄

Ming-style furniture, lacquer, bamboo carving, bronze censers, and guqin / 明式家具、漆器、竹刻、铜炉、古琴

Collector profile / 收藏家档案

Life dates / 生卒
1914—2009
Native place / 籍贯
福建福州
Birthplace / 出生地
北京
Courtesy names & aliases / 字号
字畅安
Collection studio / 藏室
FangJiaYuanDeng 芳嘉园等
芳嘉园等
Active centers / 活动地
北京、重庆、上海

Representative holdings / 代表收藏

A systematic collection of Ming-style furniture, lacquer, bamboo carving, censers, guqin, and other scholar’s objects.

中文:明式家具旧藏

Research significance / 研究意义

He fundamentally changed the status of Ming-style furniture by combining systematic collecting with craft-history research, helping make the field internationally legible as a major category of Chinese art.

Public legacy — original Chinese note / 公共影响原文

1945年前后开始系统搜集明式家具,将器物收藏转化为工艺史与家具史研究,79件家具后来进入上海博物馆。

Research sources / 研究来源