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A PORCELAIN BOWL ‘ZHANG DAOLING FINDING THE WHITE TIGER’ at the ‘Dragon and Tiger Mountain” which we can see at the picturesque
White glazed porcelain with multi-colored enamels and gold lining landscape, painted on the bowl.
China, late Qing Dynasty or Republic period
Shape: Bowl shape with accentuated foot rim and flared neck 137
This finely hand painted porcelain bowl shows a Jiaqing reign seal-mark, Dimensions: 17,2 cm (diameter), 7,5 cm (height) A LARGE PORCELAIN TEA, COFFEE AND DINNER SERVICE, ca. 120 PIECES,
painted in iron red over the glaze, on the underside. Condition: REPUBLIC PERIOD
Very good condition with some abrasions to the gold lining Each piece with a dedication for “10 years of service at the Farmers Bank of China” on
The exterior features the vivid scenery of a famous yet rarely depicted Provenance: Hungarian Private Collection the backside
Chinese legend. We see the Taoist sage, Zhang Daoling, seated in a China, between 1934 and 1949
palanquin and accompanied by a group of soldiers. A general on horseback 㶭ẋ㘂㛇ㆾ㮹⚳Ⱦ⻝忻昝⮳䘥嗶ȿ䒟䠿
is pointing in the direction of a farmer that has bound a tamed, white tiger ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻慹⼑㚱ᶨṃ䢐㎵ġ Each of the ca. 120 pieces neatly painted in fine multicolored enamels to depict various
to a fence. Zhang Daoling is famed for missing the first potion of immortality ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷⭞ borders and motifs, such as dragon and phoenix, the character Zhou, bats and meander,
after uniting the blue dragon with the white tiger. This took place all in slight relief and vivid colors.
Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,- The Farmers Bank of China was founded on April 1, 1933, in Hankou, China, from the
amalgamation of provincial agricultural banks in Henan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi.
Governed by the Farmers Bank of China Law, the bank was established to stimulate
136 agricultural development by providing lines of credit to farmers and rural landowners.
AN EXPORT PORCELAIN Shape: Plate in pedestal shape The loans were intended for use to purchase equipment and crops. The bank was initially
ROSE MEDALLION PLATE mount under majority government ownership.
IN A EUROPEAN PEDESTAL Dimensions: 17 cm (height), 22,5
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MOUNT, 19 CENTURY cm (diameter) The bank became one of the four major banks of the Republican period. Along with the
Porcelain with multi-colored Condition: Excellent condition Central Bank of China, Bank of China and Bank of Communications, the Farmers Bank
enamels, bronze pedestal-shape with appealing patina to the of China was allowed to issue its own banknotes until 1942. The bank was relocated to
mount bronze mount Chongqing in 1937, along with Kuomintang-led Nationalist Government during Second
China, 19 century (plate) Provenance: Old Austrian Private Sino-Japanese War. The landslide victory of Chinese Communist Party on Chinese Civil
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Europe, around 1890 (bronze collection, assembled in the War forced the bank to flee to Taiwan in 1949.
mount) 1930s to early 1950s
Shape: Service
Four alternating panels around a ⋩ḅᶾ䲨⢾扟⺋⼑䚌搚㫸㳚戭 Dimensions: 25 cm (diameter of the largest)
central gold medallion enclosing 㟮冯⸽⹏ Condition: Good condition with some wear and traces of use,
a bird and a tree peony ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻戭䘬悐↮⯨悐㚱扡䵈 several pieces chipped with related hairlines, incomplete,
characterize the traditional ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩ ca. 120 pieces (not exactly counted)
appearance of this plate. Within ⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ攻岤ℍ Provenance: Austrian private collection
the four panels are birds,
flowers, butterflies, and people Estimate EUR 200,- 㮹⚳ᶨ⣿勞℟ˣ␾┉℟␴㬋梸梸℟炻䲬120ẞġ
in a house. Separating the panels Starting price EUR 100,- ⑩䚠列⤥炻㚱䢐㎵␴ἧ䓐䕽嶉炻ᾳ⇍㚱塪䲳炻ᶵ⬴㔜炻䲬120ẞ
are scrollwork vines. The plate is ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
set in a European pedestal-shape
mount, made in classic style of Estimate EUR 300,-
the Historicism era. Starting price EUR 150,-

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