Chee Hsin cement tile by the Pottery: QX #115 or #165, from the house at 684 Yuyuan Road in Shanghai. Photo courtesy: Feng Guoyin 冯国鄞 ⇒ This three-story…
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Chee Hsin cement tile by the Pottery: QX #115 or #165, from the house at 684 Yuyuan Road in Shanghai. Photo courtesy: Feng Guoyin 冯国鄞 ⇒ This three-story…
Cement tiles (central) from Chee Hsin Pottery: #110 and #170, from Shen’s Garden at 502 Middle Jiefang Road, Nanqiao Zhen, Fengxian District. It was built for…
Chee Hsin Pottery produced two major types of tiles: cement and ceramic. Each pattern had flat and flute surfaces, which resulted in two different numbers.…
Chee Hsin (Qixin in pinyin) was initially founded by Tang Jingxing in 1889 in Tangshan, an industrial city one hundred miles west of Beijing. It…
Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles. The first two photos are courtesy of Feng Guoyin 冯国鄞. The central tiles were, #105/#106/#125, and the corner/trim tiles were #113b or…
Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles: the central, border/trim and corner tiles, measured in 7 7/8″ square, weighted 3. 85 pound and 1′ thick. #110, the central…
Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles. The border/trim was #121b or #171b. The central tiles were, L to R: #116 and 109/159, which is identical to my home, as…