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LOT 2297
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Jar Group
15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 3 3/4 in. (493 grams total, 83-95 mm).
Comprising: two bulbous jars with painted flowers and tendrils; a piriform jar with trumpet-shaped mouth and painted floral decoration. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels.
Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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.
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Chinese Han Terracotta Jar
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £910
Piriform bodied and painted with reserved hatched panels to the shoulder; low neck and flared rim, two loop handles to the equator. 4.55 kg, 40 cm high
Formerly in a West Country collection, Bath, UK. Ex London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Chinese Leather Look Terracotta Jar
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Unglazed rounded vase with flared rim and 'leather' texture to the body. 537 grams, 16 cm
From a West Country collection, UK, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Massive Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Plate
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A wide plate with stepped rim, traces of floral decoration to the inner face and large petals to the outer face. 1.66 kg, 34 cm wide
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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.
