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LOT 2016
Vietnamese Hoi An Blue and White Shipwreck Lidded Pot
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (36.9 grams, 43 mm wide).
With 'Hoi An Hoard' numbered sticker to the underside and auction label. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx ArtAncient Ltd, London, SW6, in 2012, with stock no.6105.
From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an ArtAncient certificate of authenticity.
In the mid-fifteenth century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vase 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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