Chinese Shipwreck Ceramics

The belitung shipwreck also called the tang shipwreck or batu hitam shipwreck is the wreck of an arabian dhow which sank en route from africa to china around 830 ce.

Chinese shipwreck ceramics.

Zhangzhou swatow wares from nan ao 1 shipwreck 南澳一号. The v a has a significant collection of ceramics retrieved from shipwrecks including some from three known ships which sank in the south china sea between 1400 and 1725. Antique chinese porcelain ming dynasty pottery and shipwrecks is our passion. But it is known that as early as the tang dynasty chinese ships laden with merchandise sailed for southeast asia long before european ships were capable to reach the region.

We had a large group of pieces from this wreck which we incorrectly dated to the yuan dynasty 1279 1368 but i now feel the recovered ceramics date from the mid 12th to mid 13th century. Shipwreck ceramics became the must have for ceramic collectors. Lena shoal shipwreck new 10 apr 2020 zhangzhou blue and white in san isidro wreck new 28 mar 2020 study of chinese ceramics in the tang belitung wreck. Chinese shipwreck porcelain blue and white box and cover private collection 1660.

Shipwreck ceramics and the ancient china trade. Chinese coins were in circulation for many years and looking at the ceramics they certainly appear to be later. They illustrate the trading of thai vietnamese and chinese wares to the philippines indonesia and in the case of the ca mau wreck europe too. Not only were fewer pieces available.

A study of chinese ceramics from the cirebon wreck. Introduction to chinese porcelain. The ships held export cargoes of ceramic. Nanking chinese shipwreck porcelain cargo willow terrace soup plate c1750.

Vung tau shipwreck cargo teabowl or wine cup with horse design. Vietnam binh chau tang wreck. A rare chinese porcelain dish from the vung tau cargo kangxi c 1690 1700 the sale of the vung tau cargo was subsequently launched by christie s on the back of the success of the nanking cargo but this time there were differences. Ca mau shipwreck panel trellis saucer tea bowl c1725 6064 26893.

Shipwreck chinese trade ceramics. Blue chrysanthemum shipwreck chinese porcelain tea bowl and saucer kangxi c1660. The ship completed the outward journey but sank on the return journey approximately 1 mile 1 6 km off the coast of belitung island indonesia it is unclear why the ship was so far from its expected route back from china.