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Ceramics from the Musi River 5

K2454.
Jar, foot ring small with recessed base, upper rim folded K2540.
back, no lugs, dark brown glaze degraded. H: 20.5. Storage jar, foot ring small with flat base, five strap lugs,
Provenance uncertain. C19–C20. Found at Palembang, decorated in ‘Tradescant style’ with five applied flowers of
Musi River. two forms connected with vines with occasional pinnate
leaves, reglued but with large hole in base. H: 23. Late
Ming Dynasty, Guangdong Province. Circa 1567–1644. Cf
Harrisson (1995, Plate 20). Found at Palembang, Musi
River, Batu Ampar.

K2471.
Lid of storage jar, Description, glaze degraded. H: 7.8; D:
16. Ming Dynasty. C16. Found at Palembang, Musi River.

K2584.
Amphora, foot ring small, base flat, three small clay
marks on upper rim indicate they were stacked rim to
rim when fired, repaired from original parts. H: 24.8.
Unknown origin and age. Found at Palembang, Musi
K2505. River, Boom Baru.
Jar, base flat, no lugs. H: 21.6. Tang Dynasty, probably
Guangdong Province. C7–C11. Found beneath the Musi
River.

K2694

K2531. Unidentified object, length 50 cm. Possibly Middle East.
Jar, with two horizontal strap lugs mid shoulder, base C10? Found at Palembang, Musi River.
flat. H: 12. Probably Southern Song. C12–C13. Found
beneath the Musi River.

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