Details

LOT 2179

Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Large Plate Set

15TH CENTURY A.D.

9 1/8 - 9 7/8 in. (3.09 kg total, 23.2-25.2 cm).

Comprising four wide plates with stepped rims, each with painted floral decoration to the inner face and stylised petals radiating from the foot on the outer face. [4, 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

See Tai, Y. S., ‘The Impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia’ in Archaeological Research in Asia, 2019, pp.1-45, lett. No.AB-LMG-09, for a fragment of plate with similar decoration.

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.