Title
Cooking pot
Year/Period
1930s
Region
Kelantan, Northeast Malay Peninsula
Dimension
Object size: H8.0 x Dia37.5 cm
Accession No.
C-0553
Collection of
This cooking pot is painted with red and white stripes as decoration.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.
