{"product_id":"hk312","title":"HK312 (G\/M) ‘Cantonese Mother \u0026 Child’ | King \u0026 Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eHK312 (G\/M) – ‘Cantonese Mother \u0026amp; Child’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAway from soldiers and battlefields, King \u0026amp; Country's Old Hong Kong series captures scenes of everyday life and the people who inhabited the busy streets and neighbourhoods of historic Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHK312 (G\/M) – ‘Cantonese Mother \u0026amp; Child’ offers a warm civilian vignette centred upon family life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the 19th and early 20th centuries, Hong Kong developed rapidly as a commercial port, drawing together maritime trade, local communities, merchants, labourers and families within an increasingly crowded urban landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mother and child figure brings an entirely different atmosphere to a street scene. Place them near a market stall, shopfront, residence or other civilians and the display immediately begins to feel inhabited rather than simply architectural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure is also ideal for collectors who enjoy the social-history aspect of miniatures – the ordinary people whose lives continued around the much larger political and commercial changes taking place in Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable through The Military Workshop – a charming King \u0026amp; Country Old Hong Kong vignette adding family life and everyday character to a Cantonese street scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"King \u0026 Country","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52792773869850,"sku":"HK312","price":106.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/0154\/0890\/files\/HK312_1.jpg?v=1788521376","url":"https:\/\/themilitaryworkshop.com\/products\/hk312","provider":"The Military Workshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}