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LOT 2301
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (256 grams total, 55-56 mm).
Comprising three powder boxes with a flower motif to the lid and petal frieze to the body. [3, 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 2301
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Chinese Han Terracotta Hu Jar
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. or laterEstimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With waisted neck and splayed foot, painted floral motifs to the neck. 1.47 kg, 29 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Chinese Stone Statue Head
1st millennium A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carved in the round human head with open mouth and small lentoid eyes, irregular headdress. 1.9 kg, 16.7 cm
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. -
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising three powder boxes, one with a stylised forest scene to the lid and the other two with a scene composed of trees and a house. 316 grams total, 62-63 mm
Ex 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.
