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Handlinger Visningsindstillinger	Detaljer Remove from selection Add to selection Straits Chinese Collection ObjektnummerB2008-0071-001-0 Titel3 Piece Wooden Lacquer Container (Lotus Design) BeskrivelseThe Peranakan Chinese in Palembang, Indonesia used a type of container called tenong for delivering wedding gifts. For this tenong, the top box is constructed in the shape of a lotus ﬂower. It is stacked on a base which is also a container that is larger. Small ﬂoral patterns in gold once covered the whole surface, but the gilding has all but rubbed off. The tenong is painted with a resinous substance referred to as the ‘lacquer of Palembang’. (NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 114) Genstand kategoriMiscellaneous MaterialeWood, lacquer Mål H: 49.5 cm W: 35.4 cm

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Titel3 Piece Wooden Lacquer Container (Lotus Design)

BeskrivelseThe Peranakan Chinese in Palembang, Indonesia used a type of container called tenong for delivering wedding gifts. For this tenong, the top box is constructed in the shape of a lotus ﬂower. It is stacked on a base which is also a container that is larger. Small ﬂoral patterns in gold once covered the whole surface, but the gilding has all but rubbed off. The tenong is painted with a resinous substance referred to as the ‘lacquer of Palembang’. (NUS Baba House, Architecture and Artefacts of a Straits Chinese Home, Page 114)

Genstand kategoriMiscellaneous

MaterialeWood, lacquer

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H: 49.5 cm
W: 35.4 cm