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Ceramics from the Musi River 5

Bowl, apparently porcellaneous stoneware not fired to a
fully vitrified form, moderate foot ring, recessed base with
fret marks, over–glaze series of black dots (occasionally
green) inside thin red-brown lines on inner wall and on
outer wall almost degraded black medallion outline ,
body and rim repaired. H: 8; D: 21.3. Mid Ming Dynasty,
Jiajing emperor. 1522–1566. Cf Green et al. (1981, page
39). Found at Palembang, Musi River, Pusri. K2351.
Lid, flower petals applied around knob, glaze sancai. H:
4.4; D: 7. Ming Dynasty. 1368–1644. Found at Palembang,
Musi River.

K2171.
Water dropper, foot ring short with concave base with five
impressed radiating lines, petals on shoulder, moulded,
spout tip and handle missing. H: 6.7. Probably Ming
Dynasty. C14–C17. Found at Palembang, Musi River,
Boom Baru.

K2375.
Figurine, woman (Guan Yin) seated on lotus flower,
hands broken, Qingbai–type glaze. H: 13.5; Ming to Qing
Dynasty, Fujian Province, Dehua kilns, Blanc de chine ware.
K2204. 1368–1911. Found at Palembang, Musi River, Boom Baru.
Lid of box, decorated with impressed Chinese character.
H: 1.5; D: 6.7. Late Ming, Wanli to Tiangqi emperor.
1573–1620. Cf Koh (2014b), Bin Thuan wreck. Found
at Palembang, Musi River, Boom Baru.

K2422.
Bowl, foot ring low and wide with recessed base, under–
K2305. glaze blue mythical animal in well, two large chips on
Lid, decorated with applied flowers with a geometric rim and upper body. H: 7.3; D: 40. Late Ming Dynasty,
diaper around rim, sancai glaze, rim chipped. H: 6.8. Ming ‘Swatow’ ware. C17. Cf Koh (2016a), Binh Thuan wreck.
or Qing Dynasty. C17. Found at Palembang, Musi River. Found at Palembang, Musi River.

K2310.
Lid, with applied flowers, glaze sancai. H: 5.8. Ming or
Qing Dynasty. C14–C20. Found at Palembang, Musi River.

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