Taiwanese Screen
Date Published
: Business, China-made
: Hunter Valley (NSW)
: Morpeth
: 1978
Taiwanese Screen
"Presented in 1978 to the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company by the Nan Chong Hong Ltd. of Taiwan, this screen commemorated the dairy company’s 75 years of production and its enduring business partnership with the Taiwanese powdered milk importer." Source: Storyplace, https://storyplace.org.au/story/land-of-milk/
"This elegant Taiwanese screen is both functional and beautiful. But loaded with symbolism, its greatest purpose is its meaning. The plum blossom branch depicted in the central panel, with its delicate buds and flowers that only appear in winter, represents strength and endurance; the two birds perched together seem to symbolise a friendship or partnership. The screen’s Chinese characters translate as ‘Plum blossom flowering in winter’.” source: Storyplace, https://storyplace.org.au/story/land-of-milk/
