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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionStraits Chinese Collection Object numberB2012-0012-007-0 TitleLacquer hard pillow with double phoenix and double dragon designs on ends DescriptionThe pillows are made of a pliant material, probably bamboo, on which a thick layer of red lacquer is applied. The construction is essentially a hollow rectangular box with its longer edges bent into a gradual concave curve for resting the neck. There are illustrations of dragons on one end of the pillows and phoenixes on the other. (NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 103) Object categoryLacquerware MaterialLacquer Dimensions H: 13 cm L: 12 cm W: 18 cm Credit lineGift of Agnes Tan Kim Lwi

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Object numberB2012-0012-007-0

TitleLacquer hard pillow with double phoenix and double dragon designs on ends

DescriptionThe pillows are made of a pliant material, probably bamboo, on which a thick layer of red lacquer is applied. The construction is essentially a hollow rectangular box with its longer edges bent into a gradual concave curve for resting the neck. There are illustrations of dragons on one end of the pillows and phoenixes on the other. (NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 103)

Object categoryLacquerware

MaterialLacquer

Dimensions

H: 13 cm
L: 12 cm
W: 18 cm

Credit lineGift of Agnes Tan Kim Lwi