Title
Bowls
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
China
Dimension
Object size: C-1320-A: H6.3 x Dia14.0 cm,
Object size: C-1320-B: H6.3 x Dia14.0 cm
Object size: C-1320-B: H6.3 x Dia14.0 cm
Accession No.
C-1320
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Chan Shoo Shong
The collective Baba Malay term for dining ware is 'pinggan mangkok', which literally means 'plates and bowls'. The dinner service can also include cups, saucers, spoons and spoon rests. Wealthy Peranakan families often commissioned the highest quality porcelain wares for special occasions that would bear their surnames. They would have elaborate decorations of phoenix and peony motifs, and colourful enamelled backgrounds of green, yellow and rose pink. This pair of bowls has a floral and insect motif and double happiness symbols on the exterior.
