VILMORIN-ANDRIEUX.-Livre Rare Book
TIGER BALM GARDEN SCENE. A Folding Album of 20 Hand-Colored Photographs
Best.-Nr. 35006101Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1920-30's Tiger Balm Garden. A hand- colored photographic guide 20 scenes 8.5 x 6.2 cm.English & Chinese captions mounted on thick black accordion-folded card very clean bright & solid photos. R A R E ! This is a lovely and charming work. It contains 20 hand-colored miniature photographs mounted on a very long accordion folded black card extending to 80.7 cm. Each photo is 8.5 x 6.2 cm. . The black folding card is contained in a buff colored folding case with one additional printed view of the Tiger Balm Balm pagoda. The title is in both English & Chinese. This is a typical tourist item serving as a memento of a visit to the historic gardens. It is small enough go to in a shirt pocket. The views are: 1. Ah Boon Haw Mansion Pagoda 2. Twin Pagodas in Tiger Balm Garden 3. A View in Ah Boon Haw Mansion 4. Luk Tso Priest 5. A View in Ah Boon Haw Mansion 6. A Picture of Eight Beautiful Girls shows several nude . women Asian and European 7. Side View 8. A View of Bower in Tiger Balm Garden 9. A Tiger 10. Pano Ramio View of the Tiger Balm Garden 11. No title 12. A View in Ah Bon Hwa Mansion 13. Whole view of the swimming pool 14. A Mermaid H.K. 15. Boxers Eighting sic for Skating on the Stakes 16. A piety woman 17. A Fat Buddha 18. Paulion H.K. 19. Long Pavilion in Ah Boon Hwa Mansion 20. Whole View of Haw Par Mansion. HISTORY OF AW BOON HAW TIGER BALM GARDENS" 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. CONDITION: This item is in excellent condition. Each photo is bright clear focus and exceptionally clean with hand coloring. All of the hinges are very solid no wear or weakness. Exceptionally good example. REFERENCES: . unknown
