Treasures – Mirror and Watch With Elephant, Birds, and Automata (Qing Dynasty)
Time may change me /
But I can’t trace time
– “Changes”, David Bowie
Eat Well, Laugh Loud, Live Long
工作不忘娱乐 All work and no play makes J a dull boy.
Time may change me /
But I can’t trace time
– “Changes”, David Bowie
One of the most recognisable portrait in Singapore besides Raffles as we grew up with this image in our Social Study textbook.
At the base of Tianxin Pavilion 天心閣 in Changsha, Hunan, there stood a solitary bell to commemorate one of theContinue Reading
This is a painted pottery figure of a caparisoned horse from the Northern Wei dynasty (386–535). These figurines were often placed inContinue Reading
We were led to believe he was sacked for incompetence but actually he should get credits for modern Singapore.
Zhao Mo, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Nanyue, left behind shiny seals, proving even royalty enjoys a good stamp collection—talk about a “seal of approval!”
His claim to fame was founding a desert island that became the modern Singapore.
One of the earliest artefact to feature China as a seafaring nation, peaceful or otherwise.
It started as a tourist attraction, it is now one of the most profitable zoos in the world.
400 characters, 8 different scenes – this is diorama etched into a bronze ware.









