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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. FRIEDRICH HIRTH
(1845-1927) (LOTS 82 AND 111-115)

Dr. Friedrich Hirth studied Philosophy and Sinology in Germany and worked
for the Custom Service in Canton, Amoy and Shanghai between 1870-1897.
In 1902, he was appointed the first Professor of Chinese Studies at the newly-
founded Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia
University, New York.

Friedrich Hirth博士在德國修讀哲學和漢學，並於1870至1897年間在廣州、廈
門和上海從事海關服務。 1902年，他受任為紐約哥倫比亞大學新成立的東亞
語言及文化學系的首位中國研究學教授

清康熙 青花西廂記圖大盤 六字楷書款
來源:
Friedrich Hirth (1845-1927)博士舊藏, 於十九世紀末/二十世紀初購入,家族收
Dr. Friedrich Hirth (1845-1927)
藏至今

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During the Kangxi period, scenes from popular novels were often taken from
A BLUE AND WHITE 'ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER' illustrated woodblock books and transferred onto porcelain. The Romance
DISH
of the Western Chamber, a novel written by the Yuan dynasty author Wang
KANGXI SIXCHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
Shifu is one the the most popular motifs. The present dish appears to depict
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD 16621722
the scholar Zhang Sheng meeting his young lover Cui Yingying with the help
The deeply potted dish is decorated to the interior with a scene from Xi Xiang
of the maid Hongniang.
Ji, Romance of the Western Chamber. The exterior is decorated with two large
bamboo sprays enclosing the channelled foot. The base has a Kangxi mark in
underglaze blue.
13¿ in. (33.3 cm.) diam.
£6,000-10,000 US$7,500-12,000
€6,800-11,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century, and then by descent to the
present owner.
(mark)
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