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LOT 2273
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (250 grams total, 57-59 mm).
Comprising three powder boxes, two with painted floral designs and 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 2273
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Tibetan Bronze Seated Buddha
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
On a triangular-section dais, sitting with bumpa vessel cradled in his lap. 583 grams, 14.5 cm
Private collection, UK. -
Southern Asian Bronze Mythical Beast Door Handle
19th-20th century ADSold for (Inc. bp): £104
Wearing a headdress, forepaws held in front of the face with claws ready to attack, a prominent phallus, a small creature astride the beast's paws, detailing across the body and head; a plaque at the feet and to the shoulders with foliate motifs in relief and holes for attachment. 820 grams, 31 cm
Fine condition.
The RWM Collection; acquired in France. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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.
