Watch this video about Nyonya Jennifer Lim uncovering and cleaning up tiles at Bukit Brown cemetery.
Video by Brice Lee.
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- Australian-Peranakan artist Jennifer Lim at her great-grandparents’ tomb in Bukit Brown Cemetary. Inspired by the tiles she found on this grave, she launched the Singapore Heritage Tile Project in May 2019.
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- Floral tiles such as these Art Nouveau tiles found on a grave in Bukit Brown Cemetary were popularly used to adorn both homes and tombs.
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- Could this be Mount Fuji? This mountain scene is one of the eclectic images found on tiled tombs.
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- A large panel depicting cockatoos in flight found on the altar table of a Bukit Brown tomb.
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- This pastoral scene, found on a tile panel of a Bukit Brown tomb, features a milkmaid at work. Such themes seem to reflect a strong local affinity for European aesthetics.
Photos by Finbarr Fallon.