Lot Essay
For a similar brown-glazed example, see The Ceramic Society of Indonesia, Martavans in Indonesia, 1977, p. 81, pl. IV B3.
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16TH/17TH CENTURY
Details
A large ochre-brown glazed martaban storage jar
16th/17th Century
The slender oviform body moulded in relief with two dragons among incised cloud scrolls, below six grooved lug handles applied to the shoulder, the short cylindrical neck centred by a raised horizontal rib and surmounted by an everted folded rim, the glaze stopping well above the base covered in a brown slib, rim crack
70.5 cm. high
16th/17th Century
The slender oviform body moulded in relief with two dragons among incised cloud scrolls, below six grooved lug handles applied to the shoulder, the short cylindrical neck centred by a raised horizontal rib and surmounted by an everted folded rim, the glaze stopping well above the base covered in a brown slib, rim crack
70.5 cm. high
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