Celadon shade of trays. See how they are
put together to form a flower or a butterfly.
The Blue and White range
These red lacquered wood trays - circles
octogonal or square in a square in a square.
Painted porcelain and china trays, with six,
or nine dainty compartments holding dulcet
delicacies
This simple bamboo with gold highlight
is my favourite.
Very apt for the Year of the Fire Rooster.
Or a family that desires lots of chicks.
This is the most elaborately painted.
Exquisite scenes, presumably from
Chinese classics, has gentleman and
courtesans plates in between an abundance
of pink peaches, blossoms and foliage.
Yellow bird against a blue sky
A festive tray with sweets and snacks
bearing auspicious sounding names
and rhymes, for guests and the family.
Brown and gold boxes in a box
A celadon green flower
A very familiar peony blossom tray.
More blue and white delights
Nyonya and Nancy
These pink sugar paste are for the God of Heaven
altar table raised on the ninth day of the Chinese
New Year. They also remind me of the luxury sugar
paste confectionary, part of the Renaissance dessert,
and on tables of eighteenth century French courts.
East and West.
Chinese dragon jar and Scottish ironworks.
The Peranakan Wedding Chamber
Groom, Bride, and Baby
My Malaysian-Australian friends.
Tania Hayes
Chris Ong put in an appearance, and the group
was attentive as he gave a background
of how he put together Seven Terraces.
What a pleasure to drink from these teacups!
Chris Ong also laid out a Nyonya Teatime
for his guests, on exquisite china.
And a colourful basket of nyonya kueh
7July 2017