Hoi An 15th cent. Shipwreck Annamese plate (bird)

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Hoi An 15th cent. Shipwreck Annamese plate (bird)

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Sold Date: 08/25/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Description of Item

A beautiful 15th/16th century Hoi An Shipwreck Annamese blue and white plate decorated with bird motiff.
A Thai vessel, carrying the cargo, sank in the 15 th century near the port of Hoi An. In the early 1990s,fishermen trawling for squid and red snapper stumbled upon the wreck. Many pieces were sold in the Vietnamese antique market before the Vietnamese government stepped in and engaged a Malaysian salvage company to recover the remaining items during the summers of 1998 – 1999. The find is termed the "Hoi An Hoard". The precise dating is still the subject of discussion but it is certain that the ceramics comes from the vicinity of Chu Dau, six kilometers from Hai Duong

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Size : 23.5 cm (dia.)

Condition: Fair condition with touch up to degraded glaze.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SHIPWRECK CERAMICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The earliest records of Chinese contact with the Southeast Asian region was during the Han Dynasty. Ancient Chinese porcelains, which are highly durable , bear testimony to the existence of the trade and cultural exchange. The Chinese traded them for spices, aromatic and other exotic products, such as kingfisher feather, rhinoceros horns and pearls and etc, from the region. In Southeast Asia Chinese porcelains were highly treasured and being kept as family heirlooms and used as funerary objects, many of which have been excavated and could be found in museums and private collections.

The lucrative maritime trade had enabled many adventurous merchants to accumulate great wealth But it was also the cause of many human tragedies. For those who made the hazardous journeys, both merchants and sailors, they had to overcome storms, pirates and treacherous reefs. Many succumbed to the dangers. Over more than two thousand years of maritime trade, the ocean floor of the South China sea has become the graveyard of numerous shipwrecks.

In view of the high commercial values, numerous salvage operations both legal and illegal were made to recover the artifacts. Among the finds, those from the Hatcher cargo, Diana cargo, Nanking cargo and Tek Sing cargo , were auctioned off with great success by reputable auction houses. One of the the biggest discovery so far of sunken treasure was the Late Tang wreck in waters near the Bangka-Belitung islands in Sumatra. It was sold to the Singapore government in 2005 for US$32 million

Many more wrecks will inevitably be discovered and the artifacts be recovered in future. According to the latest research by the Indonesia Navy and the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry , t are at least 463 shipwrecks scattered throughout the country's seas.
Many of the shipwreck artifacts have found their way through various channels to the antique markets around the world. Many of the pieces found in the sea of Vietnam and Indonesia could also be found in the antique market in Singapore. They includes those from the Binh Thuan , Nanking, Hoi, Ca Mau and other unidentified shipwrecks. We carry a substantial stock of porcelains from those wrecks. The publication of the findings of excavations of kiln sites by the Chinese archeologists have enable us to more confidently pin-point the place of production of many of the items. For those who are interested in acquiring antique porcelain for their beauty or owing a piece of history, we hope that such information will enhance your understanding and pleasure of collecting.

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