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20 HAND-COLORED MINIATURE PHOTOS OF THE FAMOUS AW BOON HAW MANSION TIGER BALM
34010401Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1930's Aw Boon Haw. Twenty photos each mounted on a black card size: 9 x 7 cm. image size: 8 x 6.5 cm. each is black and white hand-colored very good clean sharp images no fading 2 photos on each card front/back. A group of 10 cards with 20 photographs lightly laid down on a black card showing twenty views of old and most famous "TIGER BALM GARDEN" "AW BOON HAW MANSION." . The most famous visitor's site in Hong Kong from 1935 was the celebrated "TIGER BALM GARDEN" also known as the "AW BOON HAW MANSION." It was a three-dimensional sculpture garden showing various Buddhist aspects of life death happiness sadness joy evil and justice. Typical concepts in Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. THE HISTORY: In 1935 the landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million. It was one of the most favorite and popular sites in Hong Kong for seventy years. The Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004 thus for ever TIGER BALM GARDEN vanished for ever. SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: This miniature photograph collection shows some twenty hand-colored original photographs of the Garden its lovely pavilion and scenes of Buddhas eight beautiful & very naked women view of the Kwai Fei taking a bath also more nude ladies ! Kan Chin Pavilion two pagodas lakes Buddhist monuments Buddhist heaven & hell panoramic view of the gardens & mansion half-nude mermaid Fat Buddha skinny Ancestral Buddha "Tiger-Balm Tiger" and many others ! . Each photograph has a Chinese and English caption at the bottom margin. Each photograph is 8.4 x 6.4 cm. including the margin. The photo image is 8.1 x 6 cm. PHOTO CONDITION: Each miniature black & white photo was hand-painted and tinted. Each photo is lightly layed down on the black card. The photographs are all in excellent condition no fading or demerits. There is some of the usual rubbing to the black card but this does not affect the photos at all. REFERENCES . unknown
