Description:

Southeast Asia, modern day Vietnam, Annamese (sometimes Anamese), ca. 15th century CE. One of the prettiest examples of a Hoi An piece that I have seen, this is a diminutive round porcelain jarlet with white glaze and a dark blue painted scene within a raised border on the lid. The scene shows a traditional East Asian hip-and-gable roof and several trees set along a series of horizons. The jarlet is sealed. These vessels were probably inspired by Chinese pottery workshops to the north, and they were exported widely. Size: 2.3" W x 1.75" H (5.8 cm x 4.4 cm)

This example comes from the Hoi An shipwreck, discovered by fishermen off the coast of central Vietnam in the South China Sea in the 1990s. In order to pay for the extraordinarily expensive excavation of the ship, the Vietnamese government had 90% of the over 250,000 intact pieces of pottery recovered sold at auction.

Provenance: private Meyerson collection, San Francisco, California, USA

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  • Condition: Intact, with fine craquelure.

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