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Fig. 5 Gustav Detring (second row, ྡʞ ᅃᆪ೙€ܝર̸ɧeՉֈ Fig. 6 Mrs Detring, in her home, ྡʬ ᅃᆪ೙˃ɛίՉσڒd˂ݵd
third from left), his wife Eveline Eveline Detring€ۃર̛ɚeՉɾ Commissioner’s House, Tianjin, ߒ1903Ї1906ϋ
Detring (" rst row, second from Elsa Detring€ۃર̛ɓʿဏॶ࣬ circa 1903-6. Image obtained ྡ˪Ը๕ࡐ౱ɽኪԭڢኪ৫
right) and daughter Elsa Detring €ܝર̛ɓdᅃᆪ೙ഐ੎ɧɤ from Hedgeland collection at Hedgeland ϗᔛ (Reference, PP MS
(" rst row, right), and Constantin von ϋߏׂ˚ᙲ׵ᅃᆪ೙࢕ૄσڒ SOAS, London (Reference, PP MS 82/2/1/145)d຾ M. L. Nation-Dixon
Hanneken (second row, right) at the Nibelheimd˂ݵd1904ϋ 82/2/1/145) with kind permission બᛆ
Detring’s family home Nibelheim in from Mrs M. L. Nation-Dixon.
Tianjin, 1904, on the occasion of the
Detring’s 30th wedding anniversary

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their palatial Tianjin homes (" g. 6). Furthermore, both men moved in the same
professional and social circles in China as some of the most legendary Chinese art ΪމՇɛޫމҽᒿ௝ٙፋڦ࿇ྃdڗಂၾ૶
collectors of the time, including Alfred E. Hippisley (1848-1939), commissioner of ಃҒeฉᐤ˄ΧձΈၫ܎੗ʲֻԸdމ˼ࡁٙ
the maritime customs between 1876 and 1884, who formed one of the greatest ϗᔛ౤Զə฽ɽٙکлfՉ௅ʱᔛۜމಃҒה
collection of the Qing dynasty porcelain; Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), a mining ሧd௅ʱᔛۜۆމༀᓃՇɛί˂ݵబᘆੀެٙ
engineer who worked at the Kaiping Mining operation, later becoming the 31st σ৫Ͼॶ€ྡʬf຅ࣛՇɛίʕ਷ٙ֜ఙʿٟ
ʹਸ਼ഐʹə஢εတࠋସΤٙϗᔛ࢕{{ܼ̍
President of the United States, who collected Chinese blue and white porcelain;
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and von Hanneken’s brother-in-law Ernst Ohlmer (1847-1927), a maritime customs
ᓴଣ€Alfred E Hippisley 1848 1939d˼ಀ
o+ cer better known for providing one of the earliest photographic records of the
ኹϞഹ௰މࠠࠅٙ૶ନޜᔛʘɓi̤Ϟᔛ࢕ߡ
remains of the Yuanmingyuan in 1872, and whose extensive collection of Chinese
Н€Herbert Hoover 1874 1964dಀίක̻
porcelain is today housed in the Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim. ᘤุ΂ʈ೻ࢪdܝϓމߕ਷ୋɧɤɓ΂ᐼ୕d
˼਋ฌϗᔛʕ਷ڡڀନiϾဏॶ࣬ዄ΂ऎᗫ
Constantin von Hanneken returned brie# y to Germany in 1895, bringing a large
ᗫࡰٙ֊˃ͺ౶त·ෳဧ(Ernst Ohlmer 1847-
quantity of porcelain from his collection back with him for safekeeping. In 1899,
1927)d͵ϗᔛϞɽඎʕ਷ନኜdͦۃᔛ׵ᅃ਷
approximately 160 pieces from his collection were loaned to the Roemer Museum
Ҏဧᅃ౶ऎ̹ٙ֍ᖯᎰձԽлણͺ౶௹ي᎜i
in Hildesheim. In 1919, the family left Tianjin for good, settling " rst in Hannover. Ϥ̮dͦۃהԈ෥׼෤௰Ϙٙྡ྅া፽{{ᙲ
Against the backdrop of the post-war economic depression in Germany, some of ׵1872ϋٙ෥׼෤፲ѧٙ๫˪d͵̈׵ෳဧʘ
the family emigrated to the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Parts of the ˓f
collection remained in Germany through through the " rst half of the 20th century,
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and a small number of works were lent to the groundbreaking ‘Ausstellung
̈׵τΌڭ၍ٙϽඎd˼ਗ਼ɽඎٙʕ਷ନኜ੭
Chinesischerkunst’ exhibition in Berlin in 1929, before also making their journey to
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America in the 1950’s where they have remained with Detring and von Hanneken’s
ഗᖯᎰձԽлણͺ౶௹ي᎜f1919ϋdဏॶ࣬
descendants to this day.
ɓ࢕ᕎක˂ݵd΋୅֢ဏፕ۾dࣛ࠽ᅃ਷኷ܝ
຾᏶ጽૢd௅ʱ࢕ɛ׵1920e30ϋ˾௔ᚃ୅֢
Further ceramics and works of art from the Detring and von Hanneken collections
ߕ਷fՉʕɓ௅ʱᔛۜ஗वίᅃ਷ٜՑ20˰ߏ
will also be o! ered in the sales of Important Chinese Art, 21st March 2018, and
ɪ̒໢dϾˇ௅ʱᔛۜಀ஗࠾࢝׵1929ϋݡ؍
Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art, 24th March 2018.
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ݱཀऎԸՑߕ਷dԨ͟ᅃᆪ೙ձဏॶ࣬ٙܝ˾
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ਗ਼ɪש׵2018ϋ3˜21˚˜ʕ਷ᖵஔޜۜ™ʿ
2018ϋ3˜24˚˜ᘽబˢ඄͋שఙjԭݲᖵ
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