The ‘Kangxi Zhai’ hall-name plaque, carved for Edward T. Chow, signed Chen Hanguang and Deng Erya | 仇焱之「抗希齋」匾額　陳含光癸未年（1943年）記　鄧爾雅篆

題記：

人能諳究古人之制作，信而好古，

然後能意與古會，尚友古人。

焱之仁兄所藏至富，每有奇獲，則其襟袌可以想見。

因舉嵇叔夜語，以名其齋，且表其志云爾。

癸未六月（1943年），陳延韡記。

東官鄧爾雅篆。

鈐印：「可久長」、「鄧爾雅印」、「默翕」

Who searches deeply what the ancients wrought,

Who trusts and loves the ways of old,

Only then may mind meet mind across the ages,

And befriend the sages long departed.

Our elder brother Yanzhi, whose collection is rich,

From every marvel gathered, the breadth of heart revealed.

Thus a saying of Ji Kang is borrowed,

To name this studio and express his aspiration.

Recorded by Chen Yanwei, in the sixth month of the guiwei year (1943).

Seal script by Deng Erya of Dongguan.

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The plaque inscribed with ‘Kangxi Zhai’ (Hall for Disciplined Learning), the studio name of Edward T. Chow (1910–1980), was likely carved by Deng Erya (1884–1954) in Hong Kong in the early 1950s, after a calligraphy by Chen Hanguang (1879–1957, originally named Chen Yanwei) written in 1943. Edward T. Chow kept the plaque hanging in his Geneva home until the end of his life in 1980.