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Ceramics from the Musi River 5

Ewer, Foot rim small with flat base, spout short phallic
shaped encircled by ribbon with small impressed open
circle pattern. H: 17. C8? Cf Bronson and Dales (1972,
Figure 10). Found at Palembang, Musi River, Batu Ampar.

K2529.
Ewer, foot stand damaged with recessed base, shoulder
decorated with six pointed mantle of very small impressed
dots, points of mantle slightly elevated from body surface,
upper body divided into panels by dual incised lines,
waist with strip of incised brackets combined with circular
whorls, thin olive slip or glaze degraded, upper neck and
K2525. foot broken. H: 16. Southern Thailand, Songkhla Lake/
Ewer, fine white ware, foot ring moderate with flat base, Satingpra–site complex. C11–C13. Found at Palembang,
lower body with carved lotus leaf panel, spout with large Musi River, Batu Ampar. Note: Dr Le Thi Lien comments
applied and carved winged base, degraded red slip on that this “represent the typical form of Oc Eo kendi (3rd-6th
shoulder, base of spout and lower body, spout tip and centuries). However, the …. texture and the decoration is totally
upper neck missing, upper body cracked. H: 27. Possibly not found in Oc Eo pottery”.
South Thailand. C10–C14. Found at Palembang, Musi
River, Batu Ampar.

K2533.
Kendi, foot ring low, wide, with flat base, H: 8.4. Southern
Thailand. C10–C14. Found at Palembang, Musi River,
K2527. Batu Ampar.
Ewer, simple pedestal foot with flat base. Neck appears to
have been shortened and the spout shaped as elephant
trunk may not be the original, spout base with thin collar
decorated with impressed open circles, surface appears
to have been burnished black. H: 14.6. Possibly Central
Thailand, Dvaravati style, C6–C11? Found at Palembang,
Musi River, Batu Ampar.

K2536.
Kendi, heavily potted from well levigated cream clay, large
pedestal base deeply recessed, lower body with three carved
K2528. lotus leaves, bands of chocolate–brown slip on foot and
Kendi, small foot ring with flat base. H: 19.8. Probably lower body–lotus panel outlined with this slip, pedestal
Thailand, possibly Satingpra. C10–C14. Found at chipped. H: 20.7. Probably Southern Thailand, Satingpra
Palembang, Musi River, Batu Ampar. or nearby more northern coastal kilns, C10–C14. Found
at Palembang, Musi River, Batu Ampar.

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