Title
Commemorative Famille Rose tea set and bowl featuring the “18-Star Flag” and “Five-Coloured Flag” motifs
Year/Period
1912
Region
Singapore and China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: Please refer to individual parts
Accession No.
2021-00463
Collection of
Credit Line
Collection of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Decorated with the “18-Star Flag” and “Five-Colour Flag”, this commemorative tea set and bowl were produced in Chaozhou to celebrate the first anniversary of the 1911 Revolution.The outbreak of Wuchang Uprising in 1911, ushered in an age of transformation in China as a nation, by overthrowing two thousand years of feudal monarchy and establishing a republic. The establishment of Republic of China had greatly impacted oversea Chinese and reflected through many aspects of their life. The motifs of the flags were prevalent in many everyday items such as the pot set (S/N1).
