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Ancestral tablet of Oei Tiong Ham

National Heritage Board, Singapore

National Heritage Board, Singapore
Singapore, Singapore

The tablet gives Oei’s courtesy name, 泰源 Taiyuan, as well as his Dutch title, majoor. Another inscription on the back states that Oei’s other pseudonym is 蕴中 Yunzhong, and that his body was carried back to Semarang on the steam¬ship Yangsheng.

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  • Title: Ancestral tablet of Oei Tiong Ham
  • Credit Line: Collection of Dr. Hervey Oei Tiong Bo and Stephen Lim
National Heritage Board, Singapore

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