Title
The Signature Pond at Haw Par Villa
Year/Period
1970s-1980s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 7 x 10 cm
Accession No.
1995-03713
Collection of
Originally called Tiger Balm Gardens, the gardens were built in 1937 by Aw Boon Haw, a prominent businessman and philanthropist whose name became synonymous with Tiger Balm, the renowned analgesic ointment that was successfully marketed in Singapore and around the Southeast Asian region. Viewed from an elevation, the contours of the pond form the shape of the ancient calligraphic character for ‘Aw’.
