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Taozhai guyu tu 匋齋古玉圖

Mar 31, 2024 © Ulrich Theobald

Taozhai guyu tu 匋齋古玉圖 (also written Taozhai guyu tu 陶齋古玉圖) is a catalogue on ancient jades compiled during the late Qing period 清 (1644-1911) by Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911), courtesy name Wuqiao 午橋, style Taozhai 匋齋, from the Manchu clan Tohoro (Ch. Tuohuoluo 託濶羅) and a member of the the Plain White Banner (Manzhou zhengbai qi 满洲正白旗).

The catalogue was begun as a register of Duanfang's own collection of antiques, but was unfinished when he was killed in the pre-revolutionary unrest in Sichuan. The manuscript was sold on the book market, where Yang Shouqi 楊壽棋 found and acquired it in 1936. Together with the Shanghai librarian Wang Dalong 王大隆 (1901-1966)he edited the fragmentary text and published it in the Laiqingge Press 來青閣書局 in Shanghai. Each of the 150 object in the publication are descibed as to their features and origins.

Sources:
Beijing Dongfang Shoucangjia Xiehui 北京東方收藏家協會, ed. (1996). Zhonghua shoucang da cidian 中華收藏大辭典 (Beijing: Beijing Yanshan chubanshe), 139.
蜀漢 (221-263)