Los 1254

A ochre glazed ceramic martavan with an everted mouth rim, the short neck with a circular band, eight vertical loop-handles with moulded monster masks above a row of six rosettes alternated by clouds, on the body five rosettes alternated by five large cloud motifs, the lower section with wave patterns, Indonesia, 17th-18th century. An identical martavan is in the Adama Malik collection, see: S. Adhyatman & Abu Ridho, 'Martavans in Indonesia', The Ceramic Society of Indonesia, second edition, 1984, Page 157, entry 149 -H. 63 cm-