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LOT 2325
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (227 grams total, 55-59 mm).
Comprising three powder boxes with painted flower to the lid. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 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.
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LOT 2325
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Jar
Middle Period, 900-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising a bulbous body with narrow shoulder, broad neck and everted mouth; band of painted intersecting scrolled tendril motifs reserved against a hatched field. 1.32 kg, 20 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Chinese Ming Glazed Terracotta Attendant
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Modelled in the round wearing a red conical hat with upturned brim, black boots and the traditional court attire of a green cross-over robe tied at the waist with ochre panels on either side; painted facial features with clear eyes and eyebrows; left hand raised supporting a tiered object, probably a musical instrument; on a stepped square base. 295 grams, 17 cm
Ex North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Chinese Yuan Glazed Vase
Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Piriform body with flared and rolled rim, green glaze with circumferential band of swirls, leaf motifs to the shoulder; restored. 1.22 kg total, 24 cm high
Acquired from Ancient Art, London, UK, in 2011. Property of an Essex gentleman.
