Title
Straits Chinese silver curtain hooks
Year/Period
Early - mid 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Accession No.
1999-01434
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Chang Du Li
The curtain hooks are used to draw the front drapes of the wedding bed. The phoenix represents good luck and abundance while flowers symbolise fertility, fortune and peace. Both are auspicious and recurrent motifs found on objects commissioned for a Peranakan Chinese wedding.
