This sarong is decorated with a buketan (bouquet) design. The floral motifs in the background of the kepala (head) are significantly smaller than those on the badan (body). Both the kepala and the badan are set within floral borders. It is signed “Nj: Oeij Kok Sing” and stamped “Oeij Kok Sing”. Oeij is the historical Dutch spelling for Oey, a Chinese Indonesian surname of Hokkien origin.Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing was a second-generation batik maker in Pekalongan. She began to produce high quality batiks in the 1920s. Her batiks from the 1930s reveal great technical virtuosity and a creative use of colour, made possible by synthetic dyes from Europe. After the Second World War, her daughter Jane Hendromartono (1924–1988) took over the family batik business.
