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LOT 2332
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (269 grams total, 57-59 mm).
Comprising three lidded powder boxes with painted forest scenery to the lid. [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 2332
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Hollow-formed figure sitting cross-legged on a D-shaped lotus-flower base, wearing a paridhana over his left shoulder and with a bympa pot held in his hands. 2.8 kg, 27 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Thai Green Glazed Mother and Child Figurine
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Modelled in the round with celadon glaze, a nursing mother kneeling and naked with suckling child held to the left breast, the hair drawn back into a topknot, impressed eyes and mouth. 129 grams, 10 cm
Acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The Si Satchanalai figurines were one of the ceramic products produced by Si Satchanalai kilns located in the present-day area of Si Satchanalai district, Sukhothai province in the upper part of central Thailand. The characteristic features related to maternity and parenthood were represented in figurines of pregnant females and of couples (mother and father) with a baby. -
Chinese Ming Marble Panel with Horses
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rectangular slab with incised imagery in two registers: above, rectangular panels with horse, stag and bull; below broad scrolled arch flanked by two smaller versions, based on the chaitya of Buddhist temples; edges chipped. 10.85 kg, 76 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
