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LOT 2140

Massive Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate with Song Bird

15TH CENTURY A.D.

14 in. (2.24 kg, 35.5 cm).

A wide plate with scalloped rim, the inner face with a singing bird seated on a flowering branch, petals to the outer face. [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. Colomban, PH., Sagon. G., Huy, L.Q., Liem, N.Q.. Mazerolles, L., 'Vietnamite (15th century) blue-and-white Tam Thai and Lustre Porcelains/Stonewares: glaze composition and decoration techniques' in Archaeometry 46,1 (2004), pp.125-136, fig.1 lett.i, for a dish with the same decorative scheme.

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 2140

Massive Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate with Song Bird

Sold for (Inc. bp): £546

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