Page 4 - Catalogue Southeast Asian Ceramics

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Terracotta, black spherical jar
Unknown. Possibly Sulawesi or Lampung
H: 10.3 cm, D: 13 cm
Private Collection
Spherical jar with no rim; decorated with four incised
horizontal lines and four rows of impressed geometrical
patterns. A similar vessel from Lampung, south Sumatra, is
in Bambang (Sumadio et al 1980: 67, 280–281).
Earthenware burnished kendi
Trowulan, east Java (?)
14 th –15 th C
H: 15.8 cm, D: 18.5 cm, L: 23 cm
Private Collection
Depressed globular form with a short neck, a flat wide
flange and a large mammiform spout; moulded collar
of concentric circles. (Compare Miksic & Endang 1995:
182–183 pl 117, 118 and 119)
Terracotta, black kendi
Found in Sulawesi. Possibly made in Aceh
16 th –17 th C Indonesia
H: 14.3 cm, D: 14 cm
Private Collection
Unglazed; globular shape with no base and a double neck
flange, flat mammiform spout and angular shoulders; black
with incised décor around collar; on the body, impressed
décor forming an X-shape with points is separated
into vertical panels by incised lines. (Compare Wiyoso
Yudhoseputro 1983/1984: 6 and 28, from Aceh.) Similar
kendis but with mammiform spouts have been found on the 107
Si Chang I shipwreck in the Gulf of Thailand (Pisit & Sayan
1990: 94–95 pl 208a, b; 209a, b).
opposite:
Earthenware kendi, conical spout
Unknown. Possibly Lamphun, Pa-O, or east Java
14 th C
H: 16.3 cm, D: 15.4 cm, L: 19 cm
Private Collection
Depressed globular form; a slim tapering neck with double
flanges and a conical spout; a high splayed foot with incised
horizontal lines on ridge. (Compare Honda & Shimazu 1997:
248 pl 331, from Lamphun; Miksic & Endang 1995: 182
pl 116, from east Java; Guérin & van Oenen 2005: 164
pl 217, “peninsular type”, found in the Philippines but
probably from Pa-O.)