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LOT 2106
Large Hoi An Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Bowl Pair
15TH CENTURY A.D.
9 - 9 1/8 in. (1.46 kg total, 23-23.2 cm).
Each a squat bowl with thick basal ring. stepped rim, painted petals to the outer face, running tendrils to the inner face with central rosette motif. [2, 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.
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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