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LOT 2219
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Vessel Group
15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 - 3 7/8 in. (477 grams total, 68-98 mm).
Comprising three miniature vases with painted floral designs and a teacup with decorative border to the outer face. [4, 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 2219
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Vessel Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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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. -
Chinese Song Terracotta Dwarf Brick
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D. or laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With high-relief figure of a robed male dwarf, painted detailing. 1.6 kg, 20.5 cm
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1980 onwards. -
South East Asian Glazed Ceramic Oil Vessel
Khmer, 9th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Squat jar with broad base and low neck, part-glazed, with concentric circumferential grooves. 540 grams, 13 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.
