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LOT 2172
Box of Broken Glazed Shipwreck Pottery
15TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 9 1/2 in. (5.9 kg total, 2.5-24 cm).
Including blue and white tin-glazed plates, bowls, cups and other items, mostly fragmentary. [50+, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Very Large Hoi An Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Broad shallow bowl with substantial basal ring, band of cloud pattern ornament enclosing a floral motif. 1.65 kg, 32.5 cm
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. -
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Armoured Warrior
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £117
With arched recess, high-relief figure wearing a cuirass with right arm bent and hand clenched in a fist, left hand supporting a shield with mandorla motif. 3.7 kg, 29 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Chinese Tang Terracotta Courtly Lady
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Seated on a low folding chair, with elaborately dressed hair and blusher on her cheeks, dressed in a draped robe, cloud slippers emerging from beneath the hem; arms raised within the sleeves exposing one delicate hand holding a scallop-shaped fan. 1.4 kg, 29 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C122k21 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12448-226142.