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Kain panjang batik cloth

Title

Creator

Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing

Year/Period

1936–39

Region

Pekalongan, north-coast Java

Material

Cotton, synthetic dyes

Technique

Drawn batik

Dimension

Object size: 106 x 250 cm,
Object size: 259.9 x 107.1 cm

Accession No.

2024-00384

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

This batik is structured in the pagi-sore format, comprising two different designs on each half of the kain panjang. One side comprises large floral bouquets interspersed with butterflies and birds while the other side contains floral sprigs. This batik is signed "Nj: Oeij Kok Sing" and comes from the workshop of Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing née Kho Tjing Nio (1895 – 1966), a Peranakan batik maker from Pekalongan.