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THE HOI AN HOARD c1450

In the mid 15th C a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the “Dragon’s Embrace.” Around 1994 local fishermen began finding pottery in their nets. The Vietnamese Government determined that this was a significant find and engaged an archeological salvage company to locate the ship and retrieve the cargo. Many thousands of pieces of pottery were found – in fact, the greatest recovery of sunken treasure of all time. The best pieces are in the museums of Vietnam. The larger, fine pieces were auctioned in the world’s major auction houses, in London, Paris, New York, San Francisco, etc. Smaller domestic pieces were consigned to lesser houses, including some in Canada, where I was lucky enough to secure a few pieces. The sale proceeds, amounting to tens of millions of dollars, have gone to build museums in Vietnam, to pay for the excavation and to fund further research.

See Hoi An Hoard web site: http://www.thingsasian.com/goto_article/article.1196.html

NOTE ON CONDITION: The following items are described as carefully as possible, with blemishes (if any) noted. In general, the condition of these pieces is excellent or very good. However, it must be kept in mind that they have been under 250 feet of seawater for about 550 years. That is a very long time! So, although the pieces are in good condition, they do not look like they just came from the Wedgewood factory! In fact, of course, they never did anyway.
AUTHENTICITY: Each piece has the official Hoi An sticker and registration number, a bar code strip with the same information, and each piece comes with its own certificate of authenticity issued by the auction house.

           

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Item #EA–04–HA12113 SHALLOW OPEN BOWL #12113

open dish 12113a.JPG (13616 bytes)

Price: $300 US ($350 CDN) plus shipping & handling
Quantity: 1
Dimensions: 2” deep, 8 ¾” diameter.
Description: A shallow bowl with of off-white paste with some blue decoration to the outside. Inside the bowl has a broad band of stylized leaves and the center bears a bold design of five stylized fruits with leafy scroll.
Condition: some slight discoloration in places around the rim, otherwise very good.
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Item #EA-04-HA4/6 PAIR SMALL BOTTLES #125184 & #188626
pair small bottles 1a.JPG (13500 bytes) Price:  $172 US ($200 CDN) plus shipping & handling
Quantity: 1pair
Dimensions:  2 ¾” tall, 1 ¾” diameter
Description:  Small open necked bottles without stoppers. A pattern of blue lines gives the effect of dividing the bottles rather like sections of an orange. There is a small leafy scroll at the base of the neck.
Condition: good; minute chip on rim of mouth.
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Item #EA-04-HA69099 MOLDED HEXAGONAL JARLET #69099
hex jarlet 69099a.JPG (16228 bytes) Price: $193 US ($225 CDN) plus shipping & handling
Quantity: 1
Dimensions: 1 ¾” tall, 2 ¼” diameter
Description: An open mouthed, small jar having a rich blue pattern of hexagons containing lines similar to ancient script on each side and over the shoulders.
Condition: excellent, and very pretty
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Item #EA-04-HA61289 ROUND LIDDED BOX #61289
lidded jar 61289a.JPG (17671 bytes) Price: $215 US ($250 CDN) plus shipping & handling
Quantity: 1
Dimensions: 1 ¾” tall, 2 ¼” diameter
Description: The base of the box has a simple looped pattern beneath its equator. The beautiful lid has a central pattern of a curve-sided quadrant with flowers.
Condition: excellent, and very pretty.
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Item #EA-04-HA155289 SHALLOW OPEN BOWL #155289
open dish 155289a.JPG (11793 bytes) Price: $366 US ($425 CDN) plus shipping & handling
Quantity: 1
Dimensions: 2” tall, 9 ¼” diameter
Description:  A shallow bowl with some blue decoration to the outside. Inside the bowl has a broad band of stylized leaves and the center bears a bold design of five stylized fruits with leafy scroll.
Condition: excellent.
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Item #EA-04-HA45182 MOLDED SQUARE JAR #45182

ON HOLD FOR CUSTOMER

molded jar 45182a.JPG (21564 bytes) Price: $245 US ($285 CDN) plus shipping & handling
Quantity:
1
Dimensions:
height 3 ½”, diameter 3 ¼”
Description:
A pretty jar featuring a blue design of lattice work around a panel of bamboo on each side, and with a necklace of petals around the mouth.
Condition:
very good; still has some small encrusting marine organisms on surface (e.g., see barnacle on left side of photograph).
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Item #EA-04-HA102562 DEEP BOWL #102562
open bowl 102562a.JPG (14031 bytes) Price: $300 US ($350 CDN) plus shipping & handling
Quantity: 1
Dimensions: height 3”, diameter 5 ¾”
Description: Outside the bowl has a flowing blue band of stylized foliage; inside there is a narrow band of foliage around the top and a panel of bamboo in the bottom.
Condition: excellent.
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Item #EA-04-HA126342 SMALL BOTTLE #126342

ON HOLD FOR CUSTOMER

small bottle 126342a.JPG (9242 bytes) Price: $95 US ($110 CDN) plus shipping & handling
Quantity: 1
Dimensions: height 3”, diameter 1 ¾”
Description: These small bottles have a design which divides the bottle into sections like a citrus fruit, outlined in blue. Above that there is a small band similar to a “roman key” design.
Condition: excellent.
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Folk Art
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Fish Decoys
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Gourds
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Whirligigs Hoi An Hoard
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Primitives
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Curios Folkart Buoys on Nautical pages Tramp Art Location