Lidded Container
Chinese; Vietnamese
Description
Subject Matter:
This piece is an example recovered from the Vũng Tàu shipwreck. It is a shipwreck that was found in the South China Sea off the islands of Côn Đảo about 100 miles from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. The wreck was of a lorcha boat—a vessel with Cantonese/Chinese and Portuguese/European influences that has been dated to about 1690. An analysis of its cargo deduced that the ship was bound from China to Jakarta, Indonesia, where the porcelain would have been purchased by the Dutch East India Company for trans-shipment to Holland. A total of 48,288 items of fine Qing Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain from Jingdezhen and other artifacts were recovered. These included bamboo combs, inkwells, tweezers, dice, and dishes. Christie's, the British auction house, selected 28,000 pieces of porcelain for auction in Amsterdam in 1992.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vũng_Tàu_shipwreck
Physical Description:
A blue and white container with a domed lid on a small footing with floral and leaf designs on the top and sides of the lid and sides of the bowl.
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