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A catalogue may differentiate objects and call

attention to their qualities and ornament, but the
appreciation of these qualities must necessarily be

left to the observer.

– JOHN GETZ, THE WOODWARD COLLECTION OF JADES AND OTHER HARD STONES, 1913

「一本圖錄或許能起到對藝術品的區分以及解析作用，但最

終還是取決於觀者對這些信息的解讀與欣賞。」
John Getz,《The Woodward Collection of Jades and Other Hard Stones》，1913年

During his lifetime, he also commissioned John Getz to author Woodward在世時，也同樣委任學者John
a catalogue of his collection, which was printed privately in Getz撰寫收藏圖錄，並於1913年對內出
1913 and entitled The Woodward Collection of Jades and Other 版，名為《The Woodward Collection of Jades
Hard Stones (fig. 7). Upon his death in 1915, it was announced and Other Hard Stones》 (圖七）。先生辭世
that his estate was bequeathing his art collection, valued at 後，將收藏遺贈予布魯克林博物館，其收
the time at over $88,000, to the Brooklyn Museum, including 藏在當時估價逾88,000美金，其中包括歐
European oil paintings, Greco-Roman glass and ‘Chinese and 洲油畫、古希臘羅馬玻璃器以及中國及東
East Indian carvings in jade and other semi-precious hard 印度玉器和雕件。
stones’.
二十世紀以來，Samuel P. Avery, Jr.及Robert
Together with other generous benefactors to the Brooklyn B. Woodward以及其他捐贈者的無私饋贈不
Museum through the twentieth century, Samuel P. Avery, Jr. 僅豐富了布魯克林博物館館藏的明清宮廷
and Colonel Robert B. Woodward contributed significantly not 御製精品，更增進了西方世界對於中國銅
only to the museum’s holdings of Imperial arts of the Ming 胎掐絲琺瑯器以及玉器的欣賞與了解。
and Qing dynasties, but to the broader understanding and
appreciation of Chinese cloisonné enamel and jades in the
West.

Fig. 7 John Getz, The Woodward Collection of
Jades and Other Hard Stones, New York, 1913
圖七 John Getz，《The Woodward Collection of
Jades and Other Hard Stones》，紐約，1913年
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