This pink chupu with yellow panels is decorated with floral motifs. Pink peonies decorate the yellow panels and flowers decorate the pink ground. Yellow decorative bands with the eight buddhist emblems were around the rim of the chupu and lotus petal bands around the base. The top of the cover bears the seal of “Xu” (许) and the base bears the shopmark of “Jing Zhen Xu Shun Chang Zao” (景镇许顺昌造).The word ‘chupu’, as known as ‘cepu’ in Malay, was used by Peranakan Chinese to refer to covered jars. The chupu comes in various sizes and in a range of enamel colour schemes. It was used for ceremonial occassions to serve special food such as bird’s nest soup. Peranakan porcelain, or nyonyaware, are terms used to refer to a type of overglazed, polychrome, enamelled porcelain made in China (probably Jingdezhen) specifically to suit the taste of Peranakan Chinese communities in insular Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia).
