HOI AN HOARD antique ship wreck LARGE PLATE diver BOWL

1 large bowl /plate 9" in diameter 2-1/2" high MING DYNASTY With original HOI AN HOARD inventory barcode numbers All item recovered out of this shipwreck where given an inventory number (barcode) by archeologists. THESE HAVE BEEN TESTED AND ARE LEAD FREE Food can be displayed safely in these THESE ARE MY OTHER SHIPWRECK SALVAGE ANCIENT CERAMIC LISTINGS I will combine shipping
HOI AN HOARD ancient treasure BOX vietnam 15th 16th C. Enlarge $19.19 18d 12h 5m HOI AN HOARD vietnamese LARGE FRUIT BOWL 15th century Enlarge $92.92 18d 12h 10m HOI AN HOARD ancient ship wreck LARGE PLATE blue white Enlarge $124.24 18d 12h 12m HOI AN HOARD oriental LARGE PLATE ancient 15th CENTURY Enlarge $55.55 21d 20h 50m antique HOI AN HOARD old BOX 15th CENTURY ming dynasty Enlarge $44.44 Free shipping 21d 21h 42m HOI AN HOARD oriental LARGE PLATE ancient 15th CENTURY Enlarge $44.44 21d 22h 14m HOI AN HOARD ming dynasty LARGE FOOTED blue white BOWL real 15th Century SHIPWRECK RECOVERED historic ARTIFACT Enlarge $99.99 21d 22h 26m HOI AN HOARD shipwreck BOWL diving TREASURE diver SHIP shipwreck CARGO ancient treasures from the DRAGON SEA Enlarge $48.48 22d 18h 48m HOI AN HOARD blue white vietnamese LOOP lug HANDLES JAR Enlarge $48.48 Free shipping 22d 22h 14m HOI AN HOARD antique oriental LOOP lug HANDLE JAR china Enlarge $44.44 Free shipping 22d 22h 23m minature vase HOI AN HOARD shipwreck SCUBA pot jar Enlarge $14.14 Free shipping 23d 14h 20m HOI AN HOARD antique SMALL CUP blue & white MING china 500 year old TREASURES from bottom ocean DRAGON SEA Enlarge $11.11 Free shipping 23d 14h 50m HOI AN HOARD ancient ARTIFACT blue white JARLET vase SHIPWRECK RECOVERED over 500 YEARS OLD pottery Enlarge $49.49 Free shipping 23d 16h 7m HOI AN HOARD ancient wine CUP vietnamese ORIENT drink Enlarge $15.15 Free shipping 23d 16h 22m HOI AN HOARD ancient SHIPWRECK recovered JARLET vase Enlarge $49.49 Free shipping 23d 16h 31m SHIPWRECK ship wreck cargo SUNKEN treasure HOI AN HOARD Enlarge $29.29 Free shipping 23d 17h 0m HOI AN HOARD treasures BIRD ship wreck BLUE WHITE BOX Enlarge $155.55 23d 18h 56m
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S&H is $11.00 in the USA

Priority international airmail is $40

Canada will be a lot cheaper

Background Information on the Auction and the Ceramics from the Butterfield's website: The Hoi An shipwreck contained a precious cargo of over 150,000 Vietnamese blue and white ceramics that display a richness of form and decoration previously unknown to art historians and scholars of the period. The recovery of the Hoi An ship's cargo is believed to redefine the art-historical relationship between Vietnam and China, enlarge knowledge of fifteenth/sixteenth century Asian trade, and revolutionize the scholarship and understanding of Vietnamese ceramics.

Through a precedent-setting agreement, unique objects from the shipwreck have been retained by the National History Museum in Hanoi for the people of Vietnam, with another 10% of the cargo dispersed among more than 100 regional museums. The vast remainder of the rare and important blue and white figural ceramics, has been consigned to Butterfields by the Vietnamese government and Saga Horizon, the Malaysian salvage company which handled the recovery process.

In preparation for the series of sales to be conducted both live and online, the entire Hoi An collection has been sorted by archaeologists according to type and condition. The cargo includes hundreds of barbed-rim dishes, pouring vessels, bottles, jars, cups, bowls, figural ceramics, and boxes - all painted with mythological animals or landscape scenes. Within a type, some examples retain their original lustrous glazes unaltered by centuries in the sea. Other examples show various degrees of degradation, but are a marvel nonetheless at affordable prices.

DISCOVERY AND RECOVERY: The ceramic artifacts began to appear in 1993 when local fisherman found pieces caught in their nets. After the importance of the discovery was established, the Vietnamese government intervened and sought assistance to locate the source. The shipwreck containing the treasures was located off the coast of Hoi An, Vietnam, in the South China Sea typhoon zone known as the "Dragon Sea." The heavily laden ship went down in the late fifteenth/early sixteenth century, after a period of diminished production of blue and white porcelain at the Chinese imperial kilns due to the Ming government's activity to discourage private overseas trade. The size and fine quality of the cargo is evidence that the northern kilns near modern-day Hanoi quickly expanded to fill the Chinese production gap and meet the great demand in Southeast Asian markets for high quality ceramics.

Adding to the lore of "Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard" is the dramatic story of the recovery itself. Saga Horizon utilized cutting-edge sonar and aqua sounder technologies to track the shipwreck, while free divers risked their lives in 220 feet of water to recover the objects. Unable to use standard diving and decompression practices at that depth, the diving team was forced to live in small, pressurized diving bells for months at a time.