Title
Spoon
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
China
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 4 x 4.6 x 14 cm
Accession No.
2005-00119
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mr.Khaw Cheng Joey
This oval-shaped spoon with a flat base is decorated on a white ground with shades of pink, green, brown and red. Two roundels containing the double happiness characters 'shuang xi' varying with peony sprays is painted on the scoop.Peranakans use mainly two types of porcelain spoons particularly for soups and dessert. Dessert spoons such as this example are smaller. There are variations in the design of each type of spoon. Some soup spoons have the shape of a ‘cobra-head’. Motifs range from floral to blackbird to phoenix to butterfly. Dessert spoons are used with dessert bowls in the serving of Peranakan desserts such as 'chendol', 'tai bak' and 'biji delima'.
