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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]
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.
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.
FootnotesIn 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 2179
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Large Plate Set
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