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pieces rim angled outwards), paste grey to greyish-pink
and glazed to lower body. Average height of 13 jars 17.3
(11.4–27.1) cm. Southern Song–Yuan Dynasty, Fujian
Province. C12–C14. Found at Palembang, Musi River,
Pusri (5), Boom Baru (1) Rebo (1).
K1004, K2617.
Jars, base flat, four large lugs. H: 42.5, 41.8. Central
Thailand, Singburi Province, kilns in Bang Rachan District
Maenam Noi kilns. C15–C17. Cf Smithsonian Institution
(2008, S2005.309). Found at Palembang, Musi River.

K897.
Jar, base flat, two lugs on upper body, celadon glaze
degraded. H: 7. Tang Dynasty, Guangdong Province. C9–
C11. Cf Koh (2017a). Found at Palembang, Musi River.

K1005.
Jar, heavily potted, base concave, four tiny lugs on short
shoulder, small hole in lower body, upper rim chipped.
H: 41. Probably South China, Southern Song to Yuan
Dynasties, possibly Fujian kilns. C14–C15. Found at
K934. Palembang, Musi River.
Jar (lid missing), foot ring very small with flat base,
cream glaze over white body. H: 19. Tang Dynasty, Henan
Province, Gongxian (Gonyi) kilns. C9–C10. Cf Krahl
(2010, Figure 56), Belitung wreck. From beneath Musi
River.

K1006.
Jar, well potted, base flat, four small lugs, seven irregular
firing support marks around lower body. H: 34. Probably
Guangdong Province. C19. Cf Harrisson (1986, Figure
153). Found at Palembang, Musi River.

K993, K1199, K1200, K1203–04, K1923, K1929–31,
K2014-5, K2216, K2401, K2462.
Jars, coarsely potted, flat base, moderate necks (except
K2216, more elongate body and small neck) with flat
upper rim, four horizontal lugs, variety of fabric and
glaze colours. Average height of 14 jars 14.2 (7.4–19.5).
Tang Dynasty, Guangdong Province. C9–C11. Cf Koh
(2017a) & Harrisson (1986, Figure 23). K2216 is possibly
Southern Song (C12–C13). Found at Palembang, Musi
River, Boom Baru (2), Pusri (5). K1007.
Jar, storage of wine, base flat, thin roll around neck, glaze
roughly applied, chipped upper rim indicates jars stacked
on top of each other during firing. H: 38.2. Provenance

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