Title
Dowry chest
Year/Period
Late 19th or 20th century
Region
Probably China or Southeast Asia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 109.0 x 94.5 x 69.5 cm
Accession No.
2021-00031
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Dr Sylvia Hoe née Lee Seok Keng
This chest is made in the style of dowry chests from the Qing dynasty period. Unlike contemporaneous dowry chests that consisted of stacked compartment boxes, this one is in the form of a cabinet with four shelves.Such chests would have traditionally been used to keep the bride's dowry gifts from her mother and carried as part of the wedding procession accompanying the bride when she moved to her husband's home.
