Vietnamese Antique Hoi An Hoard Pottery Covered Round Spice/Trinket Boxes (4)

Description

4 Vietnamese Hoi An Hoard Pottery Covered Round Boxes. Nicely painted blue designs--looks like flying cranes. Late 15th century. Each piece measures approximately 2 7/8” dia. x 1 7/8” tall. All four boxes with lids are in excellent condition. From the Hoi An sale conducted by Butterfield & Butterfield sale date October 11-13 2000. Sale stickers are still attached. During the 15th century, off the Hoi An coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea, a trading vessel filled with porcelain vanished without a trace. Five hundred years later, in 1999, excavations started. These items are from that ship. I pack with care.
4 Vietnamese Hoi An Hoard Pottery Covered Round Boxes.
Nicely painted blue designs--looks like flying cranes. Late 15th century. Each piece measures approximately 2
7/8
” dia. x 1
7/8
” tall. All four boxes with lids are in excellent condition.
From the Hoi An sale conducted by Butterfield & Butterfield sale date October 11-13 2000. Sale stickers are still attached.
During the 15th century, off the Hoi An coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea, a trading vessel filled with porcelain vanished without a trace. Five hundred years later, in 1999, excavations started. These items are from that ship.
Porcelain is believed to have been made near Hanoi for the European market.
I pack with great care.
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