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Message:: [QUOTE="Shangas, post: 9428297, member: 360"]Peranakan porcelain was not made where the Peranakan LIVED (SE Asia), it was made in China, and EXPORTED to SE Asia. It just so happened that the Peranakan were the only ones who liked using this type of bright, garish, over-decorated type of porcelain, so the artisans in China started making it specifically for them. Peranakan-style porcelain is very distinctive, and you can spot it almost immediately just by the colours and decorations alone. It's a relatively new term for a lot of people. I think [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] would agree with me if I said that global awareness of the Peranakan-Chinese on a whole, is pretty low. I only found out about it after my grandmother died, when my dad started to wax nostalgic about her life. I'm well aware of the complications when it comes to labeling the Peranakan. When I was doing research for an article I wrote, I came across at least four or five different names for them. There is a similar term used in Malaysia and Singapore - "Sinkeh" - which referred exclusively to Chinese migrants from mainland China who moved to SE Asia anytime between the mid-late 1800s through to the 1950s and 60s. It's a corruption of "Xin Ke" ("New Guest" or "New Visitor") in Chinese. It was a term used by the Peranakan to differentiate themselves - who had lived in SE Asia for literally centuries by this point - from the "new people" who were fresh off the boat from China.[/QUOTE]