Title
Cooking pot
Year/Period
Early-mid 20th century
Region
Kelantan, Northeast Malay Peninsula
Dimension
Object size: H13.0,
x Body: Dia16.5 cm,
Object size: 12.5 x 16.7 x 16.7 cm
x Body: Dia16.5 cm,
Object size: 12.5 x 16.7 x 16.7 cm
Accession No.
C-0492
Collection of
This cooking pot is sparsely decorated with incised geometric motif on the lid and below the rim of the pot.Malay pottery consists mainly of household utensils such as cooking pots, dishes, storage vessels for water and incense braziers. Traditionally, they were hand-moulded without the use of potter’s wheel. Many take their shapes from natural forms such as fruit or vegetables and are decorated with incised floral and geometric motifs.
