Hoi An Shipwreck blue & white box, landscape, circa 1480
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Vietnamese pottery underglaze blue decorated box painted with a river scene including a house, scattered rocks and trees. Hoi an shipwreck, Vietnam later 15th Century.
| Condition | some light staining |
|---|---|
| Size | 6cm wide, 4.5cm high |
| References | This wreck was discovered by fishermen in the late 1990’s, offshore from the Vietnamese town of Hoi An. The wares were made at of Chu Dau, near Hanoi, where a kiln site of the period matched the wares exactly. The ship was believed to have been wrecked in the 1480’s, and was on its way to South-East Asian markets. The recovered goods were surveyed by the Oxford University Archaeological unit, and sold in the US in 2001. |
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