Un panier de mariage Nonya

History of Baba and Nyonya: Baba and Nyonya, the term used popularly for descendants of early Chinese immigrants to the Southeast Asian region, including both the British Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang, Malaysia who have partially adopted Malay customs in an effort to be assimilated into the local communities. Baba refer to the male descendants and Nyonya the female. Most of them are of Hokkien ancestry, although fair denominations of them are of the Teochew or Cantonese descent. Their language is a dialect of the Malay Language which contains many Hokkien words.

C'est un panier de mariage que j'ai trouvé chez un ami antiquaire, il venait lui même de le récuperer lors d'une succession d'une vieille famille de Penang.
I bought this wedding basket at a friend antic shop in Penang, Malaysia
Here is the lid, le couvercle du panier
Detail of the main character on the lid, the old man on his donkey is asking for direction at the shepard looking after his goat.
L'homme assis sur son âne est un homme riche, il voyage avec monture, il demande son chemin au berger qui garde sa chèvre qu'on peut distinguer à l'arrière plan.

Il est plus âgé et salue avec respect l'homme important.
Même le socle du panier est travaillé et orné, voyez comme le tressage est fin, presqu'une dentelle, celà témoigne du raffinement de la culture Peranakan.

I copied these clear explanation here