The young Mr Wee would try to peer through the curtains, but was always shooed away.

But now, the curtains to Singapore's glittering Peranakan heritage have been swept back in a special exhibition called Baba Bling: The Peranakans And Their Jewellery, which started yesterday and runs till Dec 13.

The exhibition of over 300 items of jewellery is on at the Peranakan Museum and the highlights include a display of 12 sets of diamond-encrusted brooches called kerosang.

Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times, Life!