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SophieB · « **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2015, 08:02:21 AM »

Hi Kevin,

This sounds very very plausible to me... One of the things Alan demonstrates in his articles is the importance of Chinese symbolism in the design of those weights.

Also, I have read somewhere that giant pandas eat mostly bamboos but that they can eat berries, flowers and small rodents too.

So as far as I am concerned this mystery is cleared. Many thanks Kevin!

SophieB

bat20 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:04:46 AM »

Thanks everyone interesting ,nice weight Sophie,i wonder how many panda designs alone there are?

tropdevin · « **Reply #12 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:52:42 AM »

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Hi. I am working on establishing a 'Chinese White Gallery' on my website, which I hope will be live in the next month or so. I have seen three panda designs: the two illustrated in this thread (of which we have copies in our collection...) and one of a panda walking under some bamboo. The latter was in the largest collection of Chinese Whites I have seen, and belonged to Peter Metcalfe, who had around 100. These included some quite uncommon designs ( eg a resting deer) and ashtrays (of which I have one, he had 3). All four ashtrays have birds as the main design, one of Peter's having a garland of millefiori canes.

Alan

tropdevin · « **Reply #13 on:** March 22, 2015, 11:37:56 AM »

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Hi. Having now looked at my book on symbolism in Chinese art, a strong possibility for the red berries / fruit is that they are the fruit of the Jujube Tree, also called Chinese Dates. These sometimes symbolise fertility or wealth. The foliage is somewhat like that shown on the Chinese White, although that may well be bamboo.

Alan

SophieB · « **Reply #14 on:** March 22, 2015, 11:44:33 AM »

Hi Alan,

Just when I thought the mystery was solved...

On a different point, I am fairly sure that I have seen a Chinese white with a different two-pandas design. I think it was owned by Ann Slater (I have a vague memory of coming across this in the PCC newsletter - quite a while back).

Another weight for us to hunt!!!!

SophieB

bat20 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 22, 2015, 12:06:25 PM »

Chinese white gallery sounds great :)looking closely at my weight the fruits are made up of little red dots making up the whole,could be dried jujube?having just looked them up,I wonder also wether the original sketches were done at a zoo and the fruits were something thrown in......just stop me when I start getting way off track.

bat20 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 22, 2015, 12:14:00 PM »

Yup off track,the first zoo panda in the usa 1930 and strangely the first Chinese zoo panda 1950.

tropdevin · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2015, 11:41:50 AM »

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Hi All. I have put a Gallery of 40 Chinese White images on my website, with examples of animals, birds, insects, landscapes etc. There will be more when I get a chance to add them. There is a link to the Gallery on the front page of my website .

Alan

SophieB · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2015, 11:14:00 AM »

Hi Alan,

Many thanks for doing this.

There are plenty there that I have never seen in the flesh... It has set me drooling in a big way!!

SophieB

bat20 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2015, 06:49:05 PM »

Really nice resource for everyone there,thanks Alan,think I'm a cricket man myself,and the fish,bus...I like them all actually.

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