Dishes, ivory chopsticks, spoon.
Two small sauce or sesame seed dishes:
Smaller Four Seasons pattern plates and dishes. The two smallest are sauce dishes. This pattern was called Four Seasons or Four Flowers pattern because each of the four flowers in the design blossomed in one of the four seasons of the year. It was a favorite pattern of the Chinese of the Pacific North West.
Large plate with a small plate, the two sauce dishes, and spoons. All Four Seasons pattern. I picked up most of the Four Seasons items from a tiny shop on Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown 30 years ago. The owner was a caligrapher and painter and also sold local collectibles on consignment.
Spoons, various patterns.
Three smaller bowls shown with the two sauce dishes, Four Seasons pattern.
Smaller bowls, a cup and two liquor cups. Celadon and Bamboo patterns.
Attributes of the Eight Immortals pattern: Sauce pourer, covered bowl, bowl, 5 tea cups, wine cup. The first 3 pieces are a light yellow-orange, the other pieces are a redish orange.
Larger bowls-- Three of these came from the old Chinese restaurant in Keremeos.
Cups-- Three Attributes of the Eight Immortals pattern, three Four Season's pattern, two Rose Medallion pattern.
Sauce servers-- On the left is a Attributes of the Eight Immortals pattern server. Next to it is a Four Seasons pattern server.
Here is a liquor warmer/server-- with liquor cups (liquor cups are Four Seasons pattern). I found 4 of these tiny cups in Victoria, BC and then obtained a fairly large quantity from San Francisco's Chinatown.
This is a sweet pea pattern liquor warmer/server-- with liquor cups (liquor cups are Four Seasons pattern). There is one of these in the Asian American Comparative Collection and one has recently been added to the Barkerville Chinese Museum display.
Sweet pea pattern items pictured here to display them together-- 2 wine pourers and an ink bottle.
This is an interesting plate I have had since about 1971 when I bought it in Vancouver's Chinatown from the little grapics shop I used to visit. The proprieter sold his paintings and calligraphy and also local Chinese items on commission.
Two cooking or serving dishes-- the large one measures over 7" in diameter:
Here is a herb cooker/rice steamer found behind the Yan Wah store in Barkerville, BC in the 1960s. Roy has one in his collection from Cumberland, BC.
Small representative collection of restaurant ware--
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