Page 335 - Chinese and Asian Ceramics from an Indonesian Collection

Ceramics from the Musi River 5

Figurine, squatting bird, small hole in base and back,
neck and tail collared, brittle white body covered with red-
brown slip or paint, head reglued. H: 4.8. unknown origin
and date. Found at Palembang, Musi River, Boom Baru.

K1784.
Figurine, possible head of Nandi–the bull vehicle of the
Hindu god Shiva. H: 5.1. Cf Images of Bujang Valley
Museum. Origin and date unknown. Found at Palembang,
K1665. Musi River, Pusri.
Figurine, squatting bird, brittle pale pink body covered
with dark slip, tail missing. H: 5.9. Unknown origin and
date. Found at Palembang, Musi River, Boom Baru.

K1881.
Bowl, foot ring small with flat base, upper rim unusual
in sloping inwards, body cracked upper rim chipped.
K1667. H: 4.3. unknown origin and age. Found at Palembang,
Figurine, standing sheep, legs missing H: 6.2. Possibly Musi River, Pusri.
Chinese, Tang Dynasty or earlier. Prior to C9? Found at
Palembang, Musi River, Sungai Rebo.

K1872.
Candle stick holder. H: 7.5. unknown origin and date but
probably C20. Found at Palembang, Musi River, Pusri.
K1770.
Figurine, probably a standing Buddhist deity (Bodhisattva,
Avalokiteshvra?), only torso remaining, breast and
abdomen naked but was apparently robed as evidenced
by traces of ‘cloth’ attached to two rosette clasps on the
upper shoulder. H: 7.5. Possibly Tang Dynasty, C10 or
earlier. Found at Palembang, Musi River, Pusri.

K1978.
Figurine, dancing ‘dwarf’, base recessed, moulded, upper
trunk only, wearing a cloth ‘muffin cap’ common in the
European renaissance period, left hand missing. H: 5.8.
Probably China, Tang Dynasty. C7–C10. Cf Schloss (1979,
Plate 100). Found at Palembang, Musi River, Boom Baru
or Pusri.
K1777.
Figurine, head, H: 6.5. Probably from anthropomorphic
jarlets, possibly from Philippines, early Metal Age. Cf Dizon
(2003, Page 64). Found at Palembang, Musi River, Pusri.

K2024.

318