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LOT 2278
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 - 2 5/8 in. (347 grams total, 64-67 mm).
Comprising three powder boxes, two with painted flowers and geometric panels, one with a 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 2278
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Chinese Green-Glazed Waterdroppers
Yue kilns, probably Western Jin Dynasty, 265-317 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Comprising: a stoneware water dropper in the form of a toad, legs with incised decoration applied to the globular body, the opening flanked by two loop handles, the bottom unglazed; the second one in the exceptional and rare form of a monkey, aperture for filling on the top and nicely crackled green glaze, unglazed bottom. 742 grams total, 10-14 cm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. Asian Art collection of a German Professor. -
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Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising three powder boxes, two with painted floral designs and one with a landscape to the lid. 240 grams total, 52-59 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. -
Chinese Tang White Ware Bowl
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £7
Shallow bowl with peach-coloured rim, circular step to the centre, basal ring. 396 grams, 17.2 cm
Ex West Country collection, 1990s.
