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Chapter 4. Glazed Ceramics in the Musi River

Figure 62. Kendi, segmented panels with under-glaze cobalt
blue birds, upper neck and spout nipple repaired,
height 11.5 cm, Late-Ming Dynasty, Wanli emperor,
1573–1620, from the Musi River, Pusri site. Catalogue
No. K1382.

Figure 61. Kendi in shape of ubergine, black and green coloured
crayfish rising from waves, centre of legs and handle
reconstructed, height 27.5 cm, Ming Dynasty,
1368–1644, from the Musi River, Sungai Rebo site.
Catalogue No. K1480.

(Figure 58), K1598, K1761 and bowls: K730, K1106, K1597,
K1741, K1762, K1999, K2025, K2057, K2074, K2460; ii)
Zhengde, including plates K1326, K2064, K2475 and bowls
K2068 (Figure 59); iii) Jiajing, the plate K1558 and bowls
K1321, K1370 (Figure 60), K1408, K1488, K1998, K2058,
K2160–1, K2487); iv) Hongzhi–Zhengde bowls K1945, Figure 63. Jarlet, under-glaze blue flower medallions with ‘x’
pattern, height 5.1 cm, Late Ming Dynasty, ‘Swatow
K2455; v) Zhengde–Jiajing bowls K1183, K1533; and vi) ware’, 1600–1620, from the Musi River. Catalogue
mid-Ming to late-Ming period cups K796–8 No. K1179.
During the late-Ming period restrictions on export
of Chinese porcelain were lifted. This would account
for the large amount of blue and white ware in the Musi (K1133, K1713–14, K2474). Wares from the Zhanzhou
dated to that period. It included bowls (K1409, K1599, prefecture in Guangdong Province, commonly called
K1529, K1666, K1739, K1911, K2079 and K2461), kendis ‘Swatow’, were particularly common in the Musi. Not a
(Figure 61 & Figure 62), jarlets (Figure 63, including lot of ‘Swatow’ was collected but it included bowls (K1316,
K1180–1, K1177, K1403, K1622) and lidded boxes K2059, K2422, K2592), jarlets (K1176, K1292, K1392,

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