MARKED DOWN - One of Two Hoi An Vietnam Shipwreck Items Acquired After the Sale Ended

You will note that throughout the original items posted Hoi An was a topic discussed many times and contributing to our pretty exciting items for sale.

Some small, or more accurately, tiny glazed pots (just 20mm tall and 25mm at the widest part of the bulb shape) are still available. Tens of thousands of these little pots manufactured in world class Vietnamese kilns were on the ship that went down shortly after departing on a trip to China and other Asian ports.

At the turn of the 19th century this Asian ware with the subtle blue designs was strictly for the regional markets as there was a feeling that Europeans would not care for the "very Asian style." Years later this changed, but from roughly the 1500s through the early 1800s, the Asian style described both the appearance of the pottery and its audiences.

Compared to the many little decorative pots, the one offered here is a behemoth of more than 4 inches tall and even wider at the flare at the top.

When looking at the photos from different angles, you will see at the top of the rounded flare a small integral loop. It was not an after-the-fact applique but rather part of the original manufacturing. You can also see the stubs of two others that were broken off on the journey to the ocean floor. The stubs are quite small and can easily be mistaken for a bit of a bump in the glaze.

The next "late" additional is another Hoi An vase. In terms of Asian and shipwreck antiques these are very inexpensive. Other than the mini pots, larger sizes are very scarce. Some were salvaged that were huge, intended to sit on a floor with the top perhaps 4 to 5 feet from the ground. Some of those can cost many thousand dollars quite easily. This vase falls right between the delicate tiny pots and the ones intended sit on the; it is about 6+ inches tall.

When we ship any fragile items they will be in a large box with a LOT of padding and perhaps even a separate interior box as well. You never want to have minimal space between the item and the outer wall of the box as no matter what stickers you put on the box, it's way too typical to have someone step on it. You want to have that item with a LOT of padding so if a postal worker were to step squarely on the box, the vase or other item is still safe. If you happen to purchase some other item that isn't fragile, the postage would likely be the same but you'd save what would have been spent on the other small item.