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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 303500, member: 360&quot;]Here&#039;s a good example of what I mean. </p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the tray at the top of this posting. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then look at this: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qZ3EMt7w7yo/WMZjYc-6lXI/AAAAAAAAGn0/SiD2SE2x14whMgpwytjLXE60tRsyVxrlACPcB/s1600/IMG_6199.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This is TYPICAL Peranakanware. I&#039;ve seen loads of examples of these in Peranakan museums and in books on the Peranakan. Look at the DETAIL. Look at the embossing, the raised decorations, look at the flowers, the birds, the natural motifs. Look at how this extends towards the middle of the tray, underneath the various accessories. The bowls, the slicers, the lime boxes, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>You don&#039;t see that on the tray above. It&#039;s just not as detailed. And the Peranakan were not famous for being interested in plain, unembellished items. </p><p><br /></p><p>That for me, is what marks it out as not being Peranakan. It might still be a betel-nut tray, but I doubt that a Peranakan household ever owned it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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