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Figure 245. Jar, height 20.2 cm, Northern Song or Jin Dynasty,
possibly Hebei or Henan Provinces, Cizhou Ware,
C10–C13, from the Musi River. Catalogue No. K743.

glazed bottles from beneath the sea in Tuban Bay, Central
Java, and one unglazed one from Palu, Central Sulawesi.
They are also common from other locations in Indonesia,
including Trowulun, Tanjung Pinang, Kota Cina, Bukit
Seguntang (Palembang) and Karawang (Adhyatman and
Ridho 1984, addendum: Figure 3b).
Eight short (10–25 cm high) glazed jars from the Musi
ranged from spindle to broad rimmed squat shaped jars with
two or four lugs and monochrome yellow, brown, bluish
grey glaze (K1485, K1620, K1692, K1952, K1824, K1922,
K2244, K2531). Most of these were probably produced Figure 246. Bottle, height 29.7 cm, Song or Yuan Dynasty, Fujian
during the Southern Song to Yuan Dynasty South China. Province, Quanzhou kilns, C12–C14, from the Musi
Three other unique small (18–27 cm high) jars were River, Sungai Rebo site. Catalogue No. K2407.
rare in the Musi (K1008-9, K1074). These were high-fired
unglazed with a black body and flat bases, wide thin
erect upper rims and six small horizontal lugs low on dragon around the shoulder (Figure 249). We are unsure
the shoulder. These jars had a metallic ring when struck of its provenance, but it may be from either Guangdong
and were identified by Professor Miksic as late-Song Province, south China or the area of the Go-Sanh kilns
Dynasty from South China, probably Fujian Province, of Central Vietnam and possibly dated C15–C16.
near Quanzhou (Figure 247).
Two small (8–10 cm high), crudely potted jars, each Ming Dynasty
with a pair of lugs and covered on most of their upper The technique for applying dragon and other
parts with a white dripped glaze, were from the Musi decorations to jars may allow some of them to be
(K1930-1). They were possibly late-Song to Yuan Dynasty dated. For example, Dueppen (2014) considers that
from South China. the technological development from mould-impressed
A very small (7 cm high) jar with two lugs from the and hand-coil decorated motifs to mould-applied
Musi (Figure 248) was produced during the Southern techniques began during the mid-15th century in the
Song or Yuan Dynasties, probably from Fujian Province. mid-Ming Dynasty. Several decorative styles characterise
A robust small jar with a height of only 16 cm was the Ming Dynasty jars, such as double wave bands and
decorated with a Tradition Type 2 applied and carved double pearl ribbons.

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