Details
CollectionStraits Chinese Collection
Object numberB2015-0001-005-0
TitlePlaque with Chinese words
DescriptionA plaque directly above the altar to the household deity. The term 靈昭 (ling zhao) refers to “having clarity of thought”. It also appears in the titles bestowed upon Ma Zu, a deity widely worshipped in the Chinese community by various emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
(NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 49)
Object categoryPlaque
