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Jun 20, 2011
 chinese export
by: Stan

Hi Peter, when it comes to early republic porcelain, what would be considered valuable, I know that the Chinese are paying lots of money for certain pieces, but I don't know what it is that makes some porcelain more valuable than others, I know that Qing or Ming anything Imperial is worth a fortune, I suppose that on early republic anything to do with history depicting the way it was and how things were done at that time, for example, a mountainous seen that showed how people dressed or how they lived or something describing certain events that could pin point a certain time in history as to the way it was then, or the manufacturing of porcelain it self and how it also evolved into a high quality porcelain, I can definitely see a difference from late Qing to early republic, what do you think, what is the best of the early republic that the Chinese are looking for. your thoughts are appreciated. From Stan.
Jun 20, 2011
 Chinese export
by: Stan

Thank you so much for your review, and yes I love my new camera, you have no idea the problems that I have had with the last camera, it was a nightmare, this one is all automatic and easy to use, thanks again Peter, I will try to view the sites you referred me to. From Stan.
Jun 19, 2011
 chinese export bowl
by: peter

Hi Stan,
You sound quite pleased with your current camera ... :-)

I had to rummage a bit on the Chinese Internet to find out more. The mark is "Huarong Tang Zhi" (Made by Huarong Tang). That apparently was a porcelain manufacturer active in the republican period. So, that would be first half of the 20th century. It is difficult to find out much about them, except that there seem to be also copies to exist, made in the late 19th century. Yours is old, of course.

If you go to google.com.tw and enter the mark "華榮堂製" (part in quotations}, then switch to images, you will find many examples of porcelain in a similar style, made by them.

This manufacturer was probably located in southern China.
Basically, they seem to have made export porcelain with a western decoration style. A bit unusual, western style porcelain made in China as early as that, with an almost completely western look. Nothing resembles Chinese porcelain, even the shape does look foreign. I first thought this to be second half of 20th century, but seems to be 1st half. From the Internet search I got the impression that the Chinese know little about them. That is probably because they did produce for export to the west, only.

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