Antique 17th c Ming Chinese Swatow Zhangzhou Dish Porcelain China Shipwreck
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Condition Report: Overall Condition A/D (Good USed). Plate 1 crackle all over and 1 rimchip. Plate 2 has a restored chip and crackle. Size 270 and 275mm diameter and 58mm high approx
Fantastic Antique pieces of superb quality. These are Sea bottom finds, they have the typical ware of a Bottom finding. Literature gives some interesting info about these pieces, check also last picture. It could either be from the cargo of the Witte Leeuw, which sank off St. Helena in 1613. or of the Binh Thuan, a Chinese Junk, which sank of the coast of Binh Thuan province, in Southern Vietnam, somewhere in the first half of the 17th century.
Similar piece is pictured in “Zhangzhou Export Ceramics – The So called Swatow wares” page 78-79. Check last pictures.
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