Title
Baluster vase
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
China
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: Dia,
of mouth: 21.5 x Dia,
of body: 26.0 x Dia,
of base: 20.5,
x H: 61.5 cm
of mouth: 21.5 x Dia,
of body: 26.0 x Dia,
of base: 20.5,
x H: 61.5 cm
Accession No.
2005-00055
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Anthony Lee Chia Pheng
Peranakan families usually purchased or commissioned vases in pairs for auspicious reasons. They were used as decorative objects on the dressing table in the wedding chamber to hold fresh cut flowers. Similar forms are commonly found in Chinese porcelain but this style of decoration shows that the Peranakan Chinese in Singapore, Malacca and Penang commissioned such pieces in the style they favoured – the Nonyaware. This is a rare example of a famille rose, turquoise-ground Peranakan Chinese porcelain baluster vase with the dragon motif.
