WANDER SHANGHAI

上海市徐汇区安福路7号

Luo Bozhao’s Former Home

罗伯昭旧居

From private coin collecting to a public museum

No. 7 brings the neighbourhood’s cultural history into numismatics. Luo Bozhao (1899–1976) collected and studied coins. Their inscriptions, materials and shapes offer evidence for economic and social history, making collecting more than a display of taste or wealth.

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Iron gate, wall and tree shade at 7 Anfu Road, with the number visible. Published in Xuhui’s 2018 arts map; capture date unknown.

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Iron gate, wall and tree shade at 7 Anfu Road, with the number visible. Published in Xuhui’s 2018 arts map; capture date unknown.

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At a glance

Construction / use dates
Not established in the reviewed sources
Architect
Not established in the reviewed sources
Character
A residence behind a garden wall
Original use
Garden residence
Use and access
Residential or institutional premises; begin outside
Address
上海市徐汇区安福路7号Anfu Road

Architecture and use: sources[1] [2]

The beginning

Why was it built here?

No. 7 brings the neighbourhood’s cultural history into numismatics. Luo Bozhao (1899–1976) collected and studied coins. Their inscriptions, materials and shapes offer evidence for economic and social history, making collecting more than a display of taste or wealth.[1] [2]

The National Museum of China records a donation of 15,431 artifacts in September 1957, followed by further gifts. That is a count of artifacts, not automatically a count of one type of coin. His contribution transformed private study into a public collection for preservation, research and display.[1] [2]

Look up, then look closer

Details worth a closer look

Read from the street

Gate, low wall, trees and a recessed roof form successive boundaries. They show how space protects privacy; glimpses through a gate cannot reconstruct the arrangement of a former collection indoors.[1] [2]

A closer detail

The reviewed sources do not securely identify the architect or completion year. The address and personal connection can be discussed while leaving construction dating open; an explicit gap is better than borrowing a neighbouring house’s date.[1] [2]

One building, changing roles

Read the building through time

Captions distinguish photographic dates from publication dates; periods without reliable images are covered in the text.

  1. 1899–1976

    Luo’s lifetime of collecting and numismatic study

    Life dates and the house’s completion date are different kinds of evidence.[1] [2]

  2. 1957

    Major collection enters a public museum

    The museum records 15,431 artifacts, distinct from a count of one coin type.[1] [2]

  3. 2022

    National Museum presents a donation exhibition

    The exhibition revisited the public meaning of collecting, scholarship and donation.[1] [2]

Today and visiting

Discover the building from the street

Residential or institutional premises; begin outside[1] [2]

Address
上海市徐汇区安福路7号
Approach
Entrances, events and access can change; follow current notices. Historic significance does not make residential stairs, gardens or living spaces public.
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Sources checked: 2026-10-26 · Entrances, events and access can change; follow current notices. Historic significance does not make residential stairs, gardens or living spaces public.

Shanghai and the world

Place the address in the city

This house’s history reaches a museum in Beijing. Home and collection are no longer in the same place; linking them reveals how individual interests become shared research resources.[1] [2]

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Text and image sources

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  1. Building and local-history source ↗

    Used to check dates, uses and architectural descriptions; photo dates are separately identified.

  2. Further research and biography ↗

    Used to check dates, uses and architectural descriptions; photo dates are separately identified.

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