A Chinese export blue and white porcelain jar and cover from the Vung Tau shipwreck, c. 1690
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ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
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Cape Town
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A Chinese export blue and white porcelain jar and cover from the Vung Tau shipwreck, c. 1690
height: 14cm; diameter: 7cm
Notes
Decorated in underglaze blue with a glossy glaze surface. According to the owner, the small crack to the lip occurred during the original kiln firing and is not a later break. Part of the documented Vung Tau shipwreck cargo of late 17th-century Chinese export porcelain.
Provenance
Recovered from the wreck of the Vung Tau.
Private Collection.
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