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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 10004568, member: 360"]A_J is correct. Peranakan "nyonyaware" as it's called, was made in CHINA, for export. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Peranakan-Chinese of Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand & Malaysia) were the main market for this stuff. They loved the bright, garish pastel colours and decorations, and the porcelain was actually extremely cheap back in the 1800s and 1900s - so it was quite affordable for most Peranakan families to have huge collections. </p><p><br /></p><p>100, 150 years later, and now they've become priceless antiques. The last time I watched an auction, two little bowls sold for something in the region of $3,000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 10004568, member: 360"]A_J is correct. Peranakan "nyonyaware" as it's called, was made in CHINA, for export. The Peranakan-Chinese of Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand & Malaysia) were the main market for this stuff. They loved the bright, garish pastel colours and decorations, and the porcelain was actually extremely cheap back in the 1800s and 1900s - so it was quite affordable for most Peranakan families to have huge collections. 100, 150 years later, and now they've become priceless antiques. The last time I watched an auction, two little bowls sold for something in the region of $3,000.[/QUOTE]
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