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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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20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a broad squat turquoise-coloured bowl and four small bell-shaped bowls each with floral motifs and a signature character to the underside. 270 grams total, 6.4-10 cm
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK. -
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Chinese Painted Terracotta Jar
Iron Age, 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With biconical profile, narrow base, broad mouth with flared rim; bands of painted hatched leaf motifs to shoulder, horizontal lines above; small hole to shoulder. 1 kg, 18.5 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Ban Chiang Period Painted Round Bottomed Terracotta Jar
Middle Period, 900-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Globular jar with carinated rim to the large mouth, decorated with series of spiral motifs. 3.35 kg, 32 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.
