Comprising three powder boxes, two with painted floral motifs and one with a painted landscape to the lid. 305 grams total, 62-67 mm



Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.

In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau.

With flared profile and low basal ring; sidewall with figures in a landscape; tondo to inner centre with figures beneath a tree; two-character signature to underside. 593 grams, 21 cm



Private collection, UK.

Hexagonal in section with flared mouth and slender neck, rounded shoulder and flared foot, pierced lateral handles; famille jaune decoration with dragons; chop seal to underside. 4.35 kg, 50.5 cm



Private collection, UK.

Trapezoidal, slightly curved body with two eye-holes and incised stylised facial details; pierced at the outer edges for attachment. 290 grams, 24.6 cm



Acquired on the Asian art market before 2000. Ex property of a UK gallery.

The deep, rounded sides carved as chrysanthemum petals, covered overall with a luminous glaze of sea-green tone thinning on the ribs and ending in a line above the edge of the foot, the convex base similarly glazed; the glaze with a network of icy, colourless crackle. 117 grams, 88 mm



Private collection, UK.

Comprising bulbous conical head and body, low-relief facial features, arms forming a horizontal band; traces of pigment. 463 grams, 93 mm



Acquired on the Asian art market before 2000. Ex property of a UK gallery.

Drum-shaped with enameled design to the sidewall of robed figures in a landscape. 1.23 grams, 15.6 cm high



Private collection, UK.

Broad dish with incised ring below the rim, basal ring. 213 grams, 14.2 cm



Ex West Country collection, 1990s.

Dressed in a long robe with her feet emerging from beneath the hem, hands raised to hold an object; hair dressed in an elaborate coiffure; repaired. 1 kg, 27 cm



Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.

Both modelled with a serene expression and hair arranged in tight curls; mounted on custom-made display stands. 143 grams total, 56-75 mm including stand



From an old Pre-Columbian collection. One with Christie's label, London, 17 October 1996, no.72A (part). From the private collection of a North West London gentleman.

Shallow conical form with rounded rim and central tondo, low foot. 236 grams, 16.4 cm



Ex West Country collection, 1990s.

Comprising three powder boxes with painted landscape to the lid. 255 grams total, 57-62 mm



Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.

In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau.