Title
Large pink kamcheng
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th century
Region
China
Material
Dimension
Unknown Type: Refer to individual parts
Accession No.
2012-00832
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Professor Cheah Jin Seng
Kamchengs (covered jars) are utilitarian vessels that range in size from nine to thirty-three centimetres. This kamcheng is among the largest pieces produced for the Peranakan community. Large kamchengs served primarily as food vessels for festive occasions like weddings and birthdays. These kamchengs belong to the category of “Nyonyaware”, a class of export Chinese porcelain in the 19th to early 20th centuries made to suit the Peranakan taste of Southeast Asia. Nyonyaware of the 20th century is distinctive for its combination of bright colours, profusion of decoration and preferred motifs of peony and phoenix.
