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Hoaching
Time Period:
about 1850-1890
Location:
Canton- Club Street, Honam Island
Maker Information:
Hoaching is most easily remembered and recognized for his unique mark which was a Lombardic H. This mark is often referred to as the “Hoaching H”. Hoaching was a very sizeable shop that was noted by contemporary patrons as having very high quality ivory carvings. Also recognizeable for his red label often seen on the boxes of items from his shop (pictured below).  | | Hoaching Label from a private collection |
Marks:
The mark of Hoaching has been observed in the following forms:
| H (Lombardic) |
H (Lombardic) with shop mark |
Known workshop/artisan marks:
Hoaching was known to employ/use various different workshops/ shop marks. Known workshops/ shop marks are as follows:
| Ch’eng Chi, Cheng Ji, or Ching Kei
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I Ch’ang, Yi Chang, or I Ch’eung |
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Hsi, Xi, or Hei |
Kuang Sheng, Guang Sheng, or Kwong Shing |
Examples and their marks:
Item # 1 – Hoaching
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Item # 2 – Hoaching
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