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PAO KUANG Co. [AKA: PO KING; PK]!
Hong Kong!
circa 1845-1900!
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Often mistakenly referred to as “POHING” in cataloguing. The “H” is a “K”!
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Pao Kaung; a manufacturing and retail silversmith
who maintained a reliable and good quality, yet was
able to be responsible for creating an item such as
the dramatic tray [above]. Pao Kuang bowls, for
example, always managed to contain additional
decorative features that just raised them above the
many others that co-existed at the time.!
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