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LOT 2073
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Large Plate Pair with Seal Stamps
15TH CENTURY A.D.
10 3/4 - 10 7/8 in. (1.9 kg total, 27.2-27.5 cm).
Each a wide plate with gently sloping walls, painted geometric border and a central seal. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
Literature
Cf. Harper, R., Catalogue of Previously Unpublished Data from Thai-Australian Excavations of the Ko Si Chang One and Two, Ko Khram, Ko Rin and Prachuap Khiri Khan Wreck Sites in the Gulf of Thailand during the 1980s' Fremantle, 2016, fig.KSC2 1089 p.14 for the fragment of a bowl with similar decoration on the border.
Footnotes
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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LOT 2073
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Large Plate Pair with Seal Stamps
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