HOI AN - 3 each - Blue & White - Exquisite Mini Jars

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HOI AN - 3 each - Blue & White - Exquisite Mini Jars:
$35.99

Enjoy a Touch of History and Culture

Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard

1 lot – 3 each - Blue & White Mini Jars

You’re offerding for 1 lot consists of3 rare and certified-authentic Vietnam antique artifacts. The beautiful, blue and white mini jar are of globular formed-shape, with various overlapping motif band around a short straight neck.

We\'ll send 3 mini jars picked from our collection.

These Vietnamese antique ceramics are from the late 15th century, of Le/Mac Dynasty period (1428–1524). This is an opportunity to collect a more than 500 year-old, authentic antique treasure for keep.

Circa: Late 15th Century

Dynasty: Viet Nam Le Dynasty (1428-1524)

Locality: Chu Dau, Hai Duong, Vietnam.

Dimension and Condition

Diameter: ~ 1.00\"

Height: ~ 1.00\"

No chip, no crack

Glaze is good

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Authenticity and Guarantee

This item is certified by a seal affixed on the package wrapping with the Official HOI AN HOARD Logo along with a barcode # that has been scanned & entered & kept by Saga Horizons; Butterfields; and the Vietnamese Government official records.

All the items we sell are original and authentic unless clearly indicated otherwise. We take great care to accurately describe the items. Good clear photos and close-ups of all details accompany all descriptions. We clearly indicate all defects, replaced parts, non-original additions and/or later restorations to the extent we detect it.

We will accept returned items and will credit the buyer for a full refund minus shipping, handling and payment charge if proved to us that we made a gross mistake in the definition, description or dating, or if the item found non-authentic and was not defined as such. After item is delivered, if it\'s not the same quality as what we described herein, please contact and inform us immediately.

Provenance

These treasures of the Hoi An Hoard: Important Vietnamese Ceramics from a late 15th/early 16th Century Cargo Junk, which sank some 500 years ago off the coast of Vietnam near Cu Lao Cham, Hoi An, the closest port to Chu Dau, the center of Vietnamese ceramic production at that time. The salvage of the shipwrecked cargo was commissioned by the Vietnamese government and was jointly conducted from 1997 to 1999 by Saga Horizons (SAGA), a Malaysian salvage company, state-owned Vietnam Salvage (VISAL) and Oxford MARE, the Marine Archaeology Research Division of Oxford University, England.

The offered item was recovered from this famous “HoiAn” shipwreck cargo, and was obtained through one of Butterfields saleeers sale events.

What was the “Hoi An” shipwreck?

The Era

During the 15th century, the Ming dynasty in China had decreed a ban on maritime exports to the Southeast Asian and other countries, and imposed bans on its own ceramics industry. The markets experienced a sudden shortage of ceramics and porcelain. Domestic demand and especially export opportunities gave Viet Nam the incentives to foster ceramics and porcelain production with unprecedented speed.

Vietnam archaeology had shown that over the 15th and 16th centuries, during the Le/Mac dynasties of Dai Viet (Great Viet) - a number of ceramics production centers developed in the region stretching from Hanoi to Hai Duong province. This was the time when the Vietnamese ceramics production and export reached their peak both in terms of the number and of the beauty of the ceramic wares.

The Ship

The “HoiAn” was a massive junk that sailed from the coastal town of Van Don, or possibly Pho Hien province on the Gulf of Tonkin, heading southward in the 15th century. The ship was heavily loaded with Vietnamese porcelain and with her crew. She never made her final landfall. While off central Vietnam, not far from Hoi An, north of Cu Lao Cham archipelago, she sank. 500+ years later, the wreck was found and the precious cargo of porcelain and ceramics was recovered. The sunken treasure was to this day the largest ever found and contained variety of items mostly in the blue and white patterns, which have become so popular since with all collectors.

This sunken treasure has lain on the seabed for over 500 years – it has an incredible history and unlike many aged antiques, is very affordable for its age and uniqueness and can only grow in value over time.

The Cargo

The Hoi An pottery was made at Chu Dau, a hamlet in the Red River Delta, northwest of the city of Hai Duong in northern Viet Nam. Kiln wastes were excavated and confirmed to be identical to those of the shipwreck. Other excavations were conducted in and around the village of Chu Dau had recovered numerous pieces of identical forms, fabrics and design motifs.

Comparison of the Hoi An cargo wares with the documented examples now preserved in the Hai Duong Provincial Museum, makes clear that the cargo was sourced from the kilns of Chu Dau Village. This region, which lies in the vast expanses of Viet Nam Red River delta, was the principal ceramic production center for Vietnam’s ceramic export industry in the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Hoi An cargo provides unequivocal evidence for the contemporaneous production of these high-fires glazed ceramics wares designed to successfully compete in the 15th and 16th century marketplace.

Reference

We recommend collectors of Vietnamese antiques ceramics to add these following books to your library:

1. Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard – sale Catalogs, Butterfields - 2000

2. Chinese and Vietnamese Blue and White Wares Found in the Philippines, Gotuaco, Larry & Tan, Rita C. & Diem, Allison I. – 1997

3. Gôm Chu ?âu, Chu Dau Ceramics, T?ng Ba Hoanh - Hanoi, 1999

4. Gôm Hoa Lam Viêtnam, Vietnamese Blue and White Ceramics, Bui Minh Tri & Nguyen-Long, Kerry - Hanoi, 2001

5. Vietnamese Ceramics – A Separate Tradition, John Stevenson & John Guy - Art Media Resources – 1997

6. Hidden Treasures: 2000 Years of Vietnamese Ceramics, Verborgene Schatze: 2000 Jahre Vietnamesische Keramik, Jochen

Note

Special characteristics and rarity have created a higher demand for authentic VietNam antique ceramics, from an open market to several online shops or sale, the actual market value of the item is way higher than our offer herein. (Please do your own research before offerding).

Shipping and Handling

We ship around the world by US Postal Service. If you need your item immediately, express mail can be arranged at cost. Packing and shipping charge for this item will be $6.80 in USA, international shipping and packaging will be actual cost.

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