Si Jing’s dressing table

Title
Si Jing’s dressing table
Year/Period
1950s-1960s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: L:8.6cm W:6.1cm
Accession No.
2002-00863-083
Credit Line
Gift of Wu Sijing

This is a photograph of Si Jing’s dressing table in her old apartment. Si Jing (pen name of Ng Soo Lui) was a prolific female writer in the Chinese community. Born in Singapore in 1934, she has written extensively on her childhood and life in Chinatown.