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LOT 2147

Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Vessel Group

15TH CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 - 3 5/8 in. (376 grams total, 72-91 mm).

Comprising: a bulbous vase with painted floral decoration and loop handles above the shoulder; a small shallow vessel with painted linear decoration to the body, decorative border beneath the rim; a small bulbous vessel with painted flowers and tendrils. [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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LOT 2147

Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Vessel Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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