(top) Central air well of Hai Kee Chan, with filigree panels screening off the main reception hall. (right) Central air well of Hai Kee Chan, with filigree panels screening off the main reception hall. (below) This strange looking contraption in one of the rooms is actually a flower vase.
(top) The reception hall of Hai Kee Chan. Most of the furniture shown here are part of the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, and not original items that came with the house. (right) The main dining room. (below) A groundfloor room converted into a dining room
(top) A gentleman must look neat - thus a personal barber chair for the Kapitan's grooming. (right) The central air well
(top) The figurines representing Fertility, Prosperity and Longevity. (left) The western-style formal dining room. (below) Tim at Hai Kee Chan. The balustrades were imported from the MacFarlanes foundry in Glasgow.
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