Title
Miniature baluster vase
Year/Period
Early Republican period (1911-1930)
Region
China
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 26 x 10.5 cm
Accession No.
1999-00689
Collection of
Credit Line
Bequest of Tony Wee and Colin Holland
Peranakan families usually purchased or commissioned miniature baluster vases in pairs for auspicious reasons. They were used as decorative objects on the dressing table of 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 – Nonyaware.
