Title
Vase
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
China
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 12 x 7 cm
Accession No.
1999-00671
Collection of
Credit Line
Bequest of Tony Wee and Colin Holland
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.
