Sold Ceramics - Sold Shipwreck Porcelains - The Vung Tau Cargo, c.1690 - Page 1

Object 2010976

Bowl

China

c.1690

Provenance: The Vung Tau Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain sale, Christie's Amsterdam, 7-8 April 1992.

Height 57 mm (2.24 inch), diameter of rim 121 mm (4.76 inch), diameter of footring 40 mm (1.57 inch), weight 216 grams (7.62 ounce (oz.))

Bowl on footring with spreading sides a straight rim and a partially glazed base. Decorated with freely painted circular patches of green enamel. The enamels have deteriorated due to the long immersion in the sea, leaving nothing but a few traces of green. On the bowl the original Christie's 'Vung Tau Cargo' sale labels proving it has been one of 100 bowls sold in lot 1001. (Amsterdam 1992, p.132)

These 'provincial' wares formed the bulk of the shipment of southern wares and were originally sold as food bowls, they received minimum care when stowed: piled on top of each other and crammed under

roofbeams. (Jörg & Flecker 2001, p.81)

In total 892 bowls, by Christie's named the 'Provincial clear glazed bowls', were sold divided over the lots: 1000-1011. (Amsterdam 1992)

Condition: A chip with a connected hairline to the rim.

References:

Jongsma 1992, pp.453-456

Amsterdam 1992, lots 1000-1011

Jörg & Flecker 2001, fig. 82a

Price: Sold.