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Hoi An Hoard Shipwreck OG BL/WT Dish with Shell Flower Medallion Lot #185376
$ 150.47
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Description
Lot #185376Original
Hoi An Hoard Shipwreck Blue and White Medium Serving Dish with Complex Shell Flower Medallion
Size: approximately 9 1/4" w dia across x 2 1/8" h x 6 1/2" w dia base
Weight: approximately 1.145 LBS
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The Dish was
Butterfields Auction company catalog one of Lot #1166 and
auctioned in
2000
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- Period:
Late 15th-Early 16th century
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Discovery (source:
https://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/case-studies/hoi-an-shiwreck/)
In 1993–94, the crew of a fishing vessel off the coast of the Hoi An area of Vietnam began to find ceramics in their fishing nets when trawling in a particular spot (Bound 2000: V). The boat’s captain, Captain Trang, reportedly decided to fish exclusively for these pots after an antiques dealer in Hoi An bought his first yield ‘for a good price’ (Pope 2007: 37). Before long, other crews had noticed what was happening, and soon there were numerous fishing teams using their nets to harvest saleable pots: ‘Huge dishes, ornate dragon sculptures, and delicate vases were picked out of the nets and sold straight to the dealers’ (Pope 2007: 40).