Straits Chinese Porcelain, Nonyaware

Unusual Straits Chinese White-Ground Bowl

This delicate bowl was acquired in the UK from a Chinese lady who is descended from a Penang Straits Chinese family. They had belonged to her grandmother.

It is decorated with a phoenix and sprays of flowers. The lower part of the body has an unusual band of spiral motifs in blue enamel.

There is now maker’s or reign mark.

The bowl is in very good condition; no chips, cracks or restoration.

Ho, W.M.,

Straits Chinese Porcelain: A Collector’s Guide, Times Books International, 1983.

Kee, M.Y.,

Straits Chinese Porcelain, Kee Ming Yuet Sdn Bhd, 2004.

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Peranakan Chinese Porcelain: Vibrant Festive Ware of the Straits Chinese, Tuttle Publishing, 2009.

The Southeast Asian Ceramics Society – West Malaysia Chapter,

Nonya Ware and Kitchen Ch’ing, Oxford University Press, 1981

a family heirloom of a UK-based lady descended from a Penang Straits Chinese family.