Imitation Nyonya Ware

These recent visitors searching for: 1) From United Kingdom searching for “kuala lumpur + oriental tea sets dealers. There are many Chinese tea merchants in Malaysia and the tea sets available are Yi Hsing tea set, red clay and glass tea set. 2) Visitor from Bangkok Krung Thep “@ Hotmail + Singapore antique seller buyer”. This visitor should advertise his search in the Singapore newspaper classified advertisement so that people can respond to. 3) Visitor from kuala lumpur searching for “cases of ~fakes “antiques” “Malaysia”. There are a number of cases. A) A local dealer cum owner of a shop and a peddler was negotiating the price of a Sung dynasty Chun ware bowl and a European lady walked into the shop insisting to buy the bowl. The peddler followed this European lady to her house to collect the money. After some time this European lady went back to the shop and complaint that the bowl was a fake and demanded for refund. This shop owner told this European lady that the deal was between the peddler and her but he is willing to contact the peddler. To cut this story short, the European lady agreed on the term that instalment for the refund. This peddler then remitted the money from Singapore until the last few payments that this European lady sued the shop owner. The shop owner died due to fear. B) In year 1994, A Singapore dental surgeon bought some artefacts from a shop in a hotel and found that they were fakes and this was told by a Singaporean antique dealer. Enforcement division of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry had initially wanted to charge the dealer under the law but both parties reached amicable settlement.  (Extracted from The Malay Mail, Tuesday July 12, 1994) C) During the time when my late father was handling his antique business, I have been observing his customers and how to overcome genuine and fakes problem.  Most of his customers are no longer customers but browser searching for artefacts with certificates and they are more of a disturbance. Some of the collectors came over to my house and shouted at him and calling him “old crook” because he was accused for selling Bandung copies. Most of the collectors are looking for what I call “lousy ware” and they call it whatever “nyonya ware, peranakan ware, or straits Chinese porcelain” which are Bandung copies and also sold by mail order.  Now I would like to see a certificate issued by expert.

4) Visitor from Singapore searching for “blue with white colour nyonya bowl”. 5) Visitor from Chicago Illinois “collecting straits Chinese porcelain”. 6) Visitor from Petaling Jaya, Selangor “where can buy nyonya plate”. You can order these items from Jing dezhen , world famous for these items.

7) Visitor from K.L. Wilayah Persekutuan ”where to authenticate antiques”. When I say there is a difference between genuine and fake, objection against me is that there are no experts. It is up to collectors who want to have wealth or riches to pass three generations or wealth can’t pass one generation. (Wealth can’t pass three generations is a Chinese common saying.)

8) There a number of visitors from France, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong and different parts of Malaysia “antique shops in different places like Penang ,Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. I am sorry to say that I do not know what they sell and I do not want to point to the shops otherwise arguments may arise.

9) Visitor from K.L. W Persekutuan “antique shop amcorp mall William,” This visitor has shown that he has heard about this shop and for him to find , he need to go to the directory desk at the shopping complex  which is situated at the main entrance to get assistance which is not too difficult.

The future reply for my visitors search will be on hold because I have many other things to do.