Antique Ceramics Found in Indonesia:Celadon Jar

Dish, porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue, the center with a medallion and  the letters VOC encircled by a peach and flowerspray. The cavetto has a typical Kraak ware decoration. On the glazed base three spurmarks. Diameter 42,1cm, late 17th century. Arita ware.

                                          ANTIQUE CERAMICS FOUND IN INDONESIA

  

 

Celadon jar with two handels and flower and flower decoration. Diameter 15.5 cm, 14/16th centuries, Sawankhalok. The term kelapa for bulbous jars with two ringhandels seem to have originated in Sumatra where the name of these jars is karambi or coconut in local dialect. They are indeed known to be used as container for coconut oil.