COLLECTING CHINESE ANTIQUES & THE WILLOW PATTERN STORY BOOKS
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COLLECTING
ORIENTAL
ANTIQUES
The
Story
JUDITH MOORHOUSE
COLLECTING
ORIENTAL
ANTIQUES
The
Story
JUDITH
MOORHOUSE
Allan


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The artist wishes to thank Robert Copeland, Historical note Consultant the for Spode Ltd.,
Staffordsbire, England, for bis help with the at end of the book
Copyright © 1992 by Allan Drummond
All rights or any means, electronic this book be reproduced including or utilized any form
reserved. No or part any of or mechanical, may photocopying, system in
by recording by information storage from and retrieval
without permission in writing the publisher.
Published in the United States by North-South Books Inc., New York
Published simultaneously in Great Britain, Canada,
Australia and New Zealand by North-South Books,
an imprint of
The
artist
to
thank
Robert
Historical
note
Consultant
the
for
Spode
Ltd.,
England,
for
bis
help
with
the
at
end
of
the
book
Copyright
©
1992
by
Allan
Drummond
All
rights
or
any
means,
electronic
this
book
be
reproduced
including
or
utilized
any
form
reserved.
No
or
part
any
of
or
mechanical,
may
photocopying,
system
in
by
recording
by
information
storage
from
and
retrieval
without
permission
in
writing
the
publisher.
Published
in
the
United
States
by
North-South
Books
Inc.,
New
York
Published
simultaneously
in
Great
Britain,
Canada,
Australia
and
New
Zealand
by
North-South
Books,
an
imprint
of


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IN
willow tree, an old Chinese mandarin
lived with his beautiful daughter, Koong
The pagoda garden was surrounded
on one side by a wide, deep river, and
on the other by a zig -zag fence too high
this Br
motifs
to climb.
captur
This garden was Koong Shee's
a folk
prison, for she was forbidden to leave it.
Her father would say, "My child, I have
marry
promised your hand in marriage to the
old merchant TaJin. Until that day you
ever
must hide your face from everyone
acro
but me."
IN
beside a
weeping
willow
tree,
an
old
Chinese
mandarin
lived
with
his
beautiful
Koong
The
pagoda
garden
was
surrounded
on
one
side
by a
wide,
deep
river,
and
the
on
the
other
by a
zig
fence
too
high
this Br
motifs
to
climb.
captur
This
garden
was
Koong
Shee's
a folk
prison,
for
she
was
forbidden
to
leave it.
Her
father
would
say,
"My
child,
I have
marry
promised
your
hand
in
marriage
to
the
old
merchant
Until
that
day
you
ever
must
hide
your
face
from
everyone
acro
but


Image 4:

First published in 1976 by
The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited,
A division of the Octopus Publishing Group
Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, London SW3 6RB
This 1990 edition
Published by
Chartwell Books, Inc.,
A division of Book Sales, Inc.,
Secaucus,
New Jersey 07094
© Copyright The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited 1976
All rights reserved.
ISBN 1-55521-611-0
Produced by Mandarin Offset
Printed and bound in Hong Kong
First
published
in
1976
by
The
Hamlyn
Publishing
Group
Limited,
A
division
of
the
Octopus
Publishing
Group
Michelin
House,
81
Fulham
Road,
London
SW3
6RB
This
1990
edition
Published
by
Chartwell
Books,
Inc.,
A
division
of
Book
Sales,
Inc.,
Secaucus,
New
Jersey
07094
©
Copyright
The
Hamlyn
Publishing
Group
Limited
1976
All
rights
reserved.
ISBN
1-55521-611-0
Produced
by
Mandarin
Offset
Printed
and
bound
in
Hong
Kong


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