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LOT 2259
Vung Tau Cargo White Ware Bowl Group
VIETNAM, CIRCA 1690 A.D.
5 1/2 - 5 5/8 in. (1.16 kg total, 13.9-14.3 cm).
Comprising three bell-shaped bowls with basal rings and brown band to the lip, tin-glazed export ware; each with an old Christie's label. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Hong Kong and West Country collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Chinese Cinnabar Snuff Bottle
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With applied motif to each face of cherries on a stalk. 31 grams, 77 mm
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Chinese Han Style Terracotta Painted Lidded Vessel
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
With gently sloping sidewall and three zoomorphic feet, domed lid with applied loop and ring handle; painted tondo to lid with fishes and geometric motifs, frieze to sidewall with standing robed figures. 7.6 kg, 27.5 cm wide
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. From the Dr Ince collection, N.W. London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising three powder boxes, two with painted floral motifs and one with a landscape. 302 grams total, 56-73 mm
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.
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.
