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CollectieStraits Chinese Collection
ObjectnummerB2015-0001-005-0
TitelPlaque with Chinese words
BeschrijvingA 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)
ObjectcategoriePlaque
