A Batavian stoneware storage jar with black glaze, early 18th century
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A Batavian stoneware storage jar with black glaze, early 18th century
A Batavian stoneware storage jar with black glaze, early 18th century
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
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ZAR 13 214
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A Batavian stoneware storage jar with black glaze, early 18th century
height: 36cm; diameter: 32cm
Notes
This ovoid stoneware storage jar is of Martaban type, characterised by its thick walls, narrow neck and robust form. The vessel is covered in a dark, glossy glaze and fitted with small lug handles (ears), designed to secure rope bindings or a skin cover over the mouth. Martaban jars were widely used across Southeast Asia for the storage and transport of spices, oils, dried goods and preserved foods. Their durable stoneware bodies made them ideal for long-distance maritime trade, particularly within the Indian Ocean world, and today they are valued not only as utilitarian vessels but as powerful material witnesses to early global exchange.
Provenance
Private Collection.
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