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On display at V&A South Kensington
The Himalayas and South-East Asia, Room 47a

Water Vessel

ca. 1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Water vessel without top, called kelalang in Siak. Fluted and chased silver. An incised inscription records that it was the property of the Yam Tuan Mangkubumi of Siak in A.H. 1292 (1875/6 A.D.).


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, chased
Brief description
Water vessel (kelalang), chased silver, from Siak, Sumatra, Indonesia, ca. 1875, incised inscription records that it was the property of the Yam Tuan Mangkubumi of Siak in A.H. 1292 (1875/6 A.D.)
Physical description
Water vessel without top, called kelalang in Siak. Fluted and chased silver. An incised inscription records that it was the property of the Yam Tuan Mangkubumi of Siak in A.H. 1292 (1875/6 A.D.).
Dimensions
  • Height: 30cm
  • Width: 20cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Yang punya kelalang ini Yam Tuan Mangkubumi kepada tahun 1292 sanah' (The inscription was translated by Dr. Annabel Gallop, Curator of the British Library, in 2011.)
Translation
'The owner of this vessel is Yam Tuan Mangkubumi, in the year 1292' (AD 1875/6)
Gallery label
Water Flask 1800–75 The shape of this vessel exactly copies pottery vessels from the same area. The inscription records that it was the property of the regent of Siak in 1875. Silver Indonesia (Siak, Sumatra) Bequeathed by E.S. Wilkinson Museum no. IS.253-1950(14/06/2011)
Credit line
Bequeathed by E.S. Wilkinson
Object history
IS.250 to 451-1950 and IS.1 to 7-1952, came from the collection of Mr. Richard James Wilkinson (1867-1941), who was formerly Deputy Governor of the Straits Settlement (1911 to 1916) and later Governor of Sierra Leone (1916-1922). He had acquired a collection of mostly Malay silverware and goldware, niello work, arms, etc. in Singapore and the Federated Malay States, which on 23 June 1919 was lent to the Indian Section of the V&A with the possibility of later making a bequest. A second loan of Malay brasswork followed on 31 October 1921. A total of 209 pieces were finally bequeathed to the V&A on 26 October 1950 following the death of his widow, Mrs Edith Sinclair Wilkinson.
Production
From Siak.
Bibliographic reference
Gallop, Annabel Teh. Malay seal inscriptions: a study in Islamic epigraphy from Southeast Asia. [Ph.D. thesis]. School of Oriental and African Studies, Unviersity of London. 2002.
Collection
Accession number
IS.253-1950

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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