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WOU KIUAN AND THE CREATION OF

THE WOU LIEN-PAI MUSEUM

吳權生平及吳蓮伯博物院的創立

ucked away in a discreet corner of the southern British Isles lies the most
remarkable collection of Chinese art. Across seven inter-connecting rooms 在不列顛群島的某處，隱藏著一個珍稀出衆
Tis displayed a comprehensive visual history of China. Covering some 的中國藝術品收藏。那裏有七個相互連通的
4,000 years of Chinese art, the collection formed by Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997) ranges 展覽廳，帶領訪客親歷中國源遠流長的藝術
from utilitarian storage vessels made by the first Neolithic cultures that emerged along the 歷史。吳權博士（1910-1997年）的收藏
涵蓋近四千年中國藝術文化，從黃河流域首
Yellow River to the most dazzling porcelains ever commissioned to adorn the palaces of
個新石器時代文化的實用器皿，直到中國最
the Qing Emperors of China’s final dynasty. The extraordinary scope of the collection sets
後一個皇朝的御製瓷珍，都可在此處找到。
it apart from all other private collections of Chinese art formed in the mid-20th century,
吳博士的收藏範圍尤為廣博，使其從其他二
and it remains one of the last great collections of Chinese art in Europe today. 十世紀中葉集成的私人中國藝術收藏中脫穎
而出，獨當一面。其收藏當屬現今歐洲最後
Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997)
幾個最為重要的中國藝術品收藏之一。
Diplomat. Collector. Founder
吳權博士（1910-1997年）
The uniquely comprehensive collection was formed by Wou Kiuan (Wu Quan, Heng Zhi), 外交家、收藏家、收藏創始人
son of the Republican politician Wou Lien-Pai (Wu Jinglian, Wu Lianbo). Wou Kiuan was
這個收藏獨特而全面，由民國時期政治家
born in Xingcheng, Liaoning Province in Northeast China on 25th June 1910, entering the
吳蓮伯（1873-1944年）之子吳權（吳衡
world mere months before the overthrowal of the Qing dynasty, which brought an end to
之）集成。吳權，1910年6月25日於中國
China’s two thousand years of continuous Imperial rule. Educated at Zhendan University
東北遼寧省興城出生，距離清朝被推翻、中
in Shanghai, Wou Kiuan studied French language before he moved to France at the age of 國二千年帝制結束僅僅數月。吳權就讀上海
twenty to study law at the University of Grenoble and was awarded his doctorate degree 震旦大學，在該校學習法語，20歲移居法
from the Sorbonne in Paris. 國，在格勒諾布爾大學攻讀法律，並獲得巴
黎索邦大學博士學位。

Above Dr Wou Kiuan and his mother, Guo Yikang, photographed in Tianjin, circa 1929
上 吳權博士與母親郭益康，照於天津，約1929年

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