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LOT 2097
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 - 2 5/8 in. (381 grams total, 62-66 mm).
Comprising three powder boxes with painted landscape 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 2097
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Life-Size Chinese Han Terracotta Cockerel
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. or laterEstimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Modelled in the round with block claws and an arched tail, hollow body; feather detailing to wings and tail. 3.38 kg, 40 cm high
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 18 October 2016, lot 91 (part). From a family collection of a North American gentleman living in the UK. -
Chinese Han Style Bronze Crane Finial
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With stylised detailing and cylindrical socket, S-curved neck. 273 grams, 13 cm
Acquired 1980-1990s. Ex West Country, UK, collection. -
Tibetan Dagger and Scabbard
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A dagger comprising a triangular blade with single cutting edge, ellipsoidal cross guard with ornamented edge, grip clad in densely coiled twisted wire, panel of leaf-like and hexagonal geometric motifs in relief below and on the pommel; scabbard richly and densely embossed with auspicious symbols, lattice work, floral and other forms with a Greek key collar to one face, a vertical column of X-motifs along both edges, reverse with a sinuous motif extending from top to bottom, dense annulets in the field, wooden lining. 253 grams, 27.8 cm
Fair condition.
The RWM Collection; acquired in France, 2019.