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LOT 2461

Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Polychrome Bowl

15TH CENTURY A.D.

6 in. (395 grams, 15 cm).

Tin-glazed squat bowl with everted rim, floral motifs to rim and centre. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Bach, N., Vietnamese Ceramics in Asian Maritime Trade between 14th and 17th centuries, Hanoi, 2014, fig.8, for similar bowls with low feet.

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 2461

Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Polychrome Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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