Title
Teacup
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
China
Material
Dimension
Object size: H4.2 x Dia 7.6 cm
Accession No.
C-0027
Collection of
The collective Baba Malay term for dining ware is 'pinggan mangkok', which literally means 'plates and bowls'. The dinner service can also include cups, saucers, spoons and spoon rests. Wealthy Peranakan families often commissioned the highest quality porcelain wares for special occasions that would bear their surnames. Teacups are one of the most common items in Straits Chinese porcelain. They would have elaborate decorations of bird and flower motifs, and colourful enamelled backgrounds of green, yellow, rose pink and white like this example.
