Title
Bowl
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
China
Dimension
Object size: H7.0 x Dia16.5 cm
Accession No.
C-1323
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Chan Shoo Shong
This white-ground bowl belongs to a Nonyaware dinner service. The decoration of 'famille rose' enamel pattern with the mythical phoenix amongst peony flowers, surrounded by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, was a popular design. A Peranakan dinner service can total many hundreds of pieces, with about eight different types of vessel shapes and sizes, including dessert ware. Large quantities of this kind of porcelain were made for export to Southeast Asia. Only the wealthiest Peranakan families could afford to place orders for large sets of matching porcelain for celebratory feasts. These impressive displays were laid out on the 'tok panjang' (literally ‘long table’) that was the formal dining table for special occasions.
