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LOT 2136

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

HOI AN CARGO SHIPWRECK GLAZED BLUE AND WHITE VESSEL GROUP
15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 3 1/2 in. (490 grams total, 82-90 mm).

Comprising three vessels with remains of loop handles above the shoulder, each with painted floral decoration. [3, No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels.

Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. similar vessels in Asian Art Museum, inv.no.2000.31, from the Hoi An Cargo.

FOOTNOTES:
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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