Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Jar

15th century A.D. With a piriform body and shallow rim, three applied loop handles above the shoulder, one absent; painted tendrils and flowers to the body, and petals surrounding the mouth. 196 grams, 90 mm (3 1/2 in.). [No Reserve]

Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.

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.