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Large Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate with Bird Large Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate with Bird Large Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate with Bird
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LOT 2107

Large Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate with Bird

15TH CENTURY A.D.

9 1/4 in. (837 grams, 23.5 cm).

A wide plate with stepped rim, the centre painted with a bird thrusting off a branch with its wings spread; stylised petals to the outer face and heavy sea encrustations. [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

Various, Sunken Treasures Asian Ceramics, An exhibition of ceramics from shipwrecks found in Pacific Seas, September 16 – November 8, 2018, Vancouver, 2016, p.20 for similar plates decorated with birds.

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 2107

Large Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate with Bird

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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