Each piece with a dedication for “10 years of service at the Farmers Bank of China” on the backside China, between 1934 and 1949 Each of the ca. 120 pieces neatly painted in fine multicolored enamels to depict various borders and motifs, such as dragon and phoenix, the character Zhou, bats and meander, all in slight relief and vivid colors. The Farmers Bank of China was founded on April 1, 1933, in Hankou, China, from the amalgamation of provincial agricultural banks in Henan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi. Governed by the Farmers Bank of China Law, the bank was established to stimulate agricultural development by providing lines of credit to farmers and rural landowners. The loans were intended for use to purchase equipment and crops. The bank was initially under majority government ownership. The bank became one of the four major banks of the Republican period. Along with the Central Bank of China, Bank of China and Bank of Communications, the Farmers Bank of China was allowed to issue its own banknotes until 1942. The bank was relocated to Chongqing in 1937, along with Kuomintang-led Nationalist Government during Second Sino-Japanese War. The landslide victory of Chinese Communist Party on Chinese Civil War forced the bank to flee to Taiwan in 1949. Shape: Service Dimensions: 25 cm (diameter of the largest) Condition: Good condition with some wear and traces of use, several pieces chipped with related hairlines, incomplete, ca. 120 pieces (not exactly counted) Provenance: Austrian private collection 民國一套茶具、咖啡具和正餐餐具，約120件 品相良好，有磨損和使用痕跡，個別有裂紋，不完整，約120件 奧地利私人收藏