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Chapter 6. Glazed and Unglazed Storage Vessels in the Musi River
Figure 254. Jar, six lugs of monster masks and imperial Figure 256. Jar, height 25.8 cm. Qing Dynasty, 1644–1911,
characters, two moulded and applied Qing style from the Musi River, Boom Baru site. Catalogue
dragons around shoulder and cloud pattern No. K2398.
incised to lower body, height 73 cm, Qing Dynasty,
Guangdong Province, C19, from the Musi River.
Catalogue No. K2628.
Figure 255. Jars, iron spotted glaze. Heights 26.7–46.6 cm,
Guangdong Province, Qing Dynasty, C17–C19, from
the Musi River, Boom Baru site (1). Catalogue Nos
(L to R) K2335, K2041, K2613.
Figure 257. Jar, shadows on shoulder from kiln wedges, height
39 cm, probably South China, C17, from the Musi
collector, Sir John Tradescant), which were small vessels River, Pusri site. Catalogue No. K2611.
about 30 cm tall and, decorated with delicately sprigged
motifs, coated in monochrome and polychrome (green,
yellow and brown) lead glazes dating to the 16th century,
but perhaps earlier. Tradescant jars were exported to
Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.
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