Download or read book Straits Chinese Silver written by Ho Wing Meng and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated volume examines the exquisite silver of the Straits Chinese, or Peranakans -- Hindu-Islamic in shape and function but strangely characteristic of the Chinese in emblem and decorative design. Detailed information regarding the usage of the various articles as well as historic photographs and drawings vividly portray the now-lost world of the Straits Chinese. Notes, glossary and bibliography included.