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Foster 875
- Record Id:
- 032-003264727
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003264727
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000498
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 875
- Title:
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Blue and white Staffordshire plate with Malay calligraphy, mid 19th century.
- Scope & Content:
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Blue and white Staffordshire pottery plate with Malay calligraphy, mid 19th century.
Pantun on the rim:
‘Barang di mana terpakai piring’
‘Piring Tolson juga diminta’
‘Hati yang lengang menjadi girang’
‘Budi bertambah hati bercinta’
Syair in the centre:
‘Jikalau didengar kabar cerita’
‘Tatkala zaman nenek moyang kita’
‘Tertibnya bagai sidang pendeta’
‘Takut sekali bernama nesta’
‘Demikian konon kabarnya itu’
‘Dipikirkan patut baiklah tentu’
‘Baiknya banyak bukan suatu’
‘Dapat dimasuki ke sini situ’
Mark on reverse:
‘Kalam Betawi yang akan menulis’
‘Kalam di tangan Khatib Muharis’
‘Pilihan Tuan I-n-f-i-l juga yang punya’
‘di Tujuh Kota ialah ternama’
Presented to OIOC S.E. Asian language section, 1993.
For an article on this plate, and others like it, see the following article.
Chambert-Loir, Henri. 'Eating the Text: English Plates Decorated with Malay Poems.' Indonesia Circle, No.63, 1994. Pages 183-210. On page 193, the plate is identified as 'type e4' (not illustrated in the article), and annotated 'one specimen at the British Library'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003264727", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Foster 875: Blue and white Staffordshire plate with Malay calligraphy, mid 19th century." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003264727
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003264727
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1849
- End Date:
- 1851
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: ceramic; painted
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Ceramics