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Storage jars and bottles at clearance prices
All artifacts offered for sale on this page are totally intact unless stated otherwise.
Ser. No. X-38
Covered jar from the Xuande (c.1540) shipwreck This jar is from the Ban Pa Yang kiln complex in Sisatchanalai. It is dated to AD 1540. It is totally intact although most glaze covering has been lost during its long submersion in salt water. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 18 cm High
Price USD. 485.00
Ser. No. RN-2601
Storage jar from the Royal Nanhai (c.1460) shipwreck
Numbers of smaller sea shell on the body. There is a small original hole (4x5mm) mid-body. This type of jars was not a cargo but rather utility vessels used onboard the ship for food storage, cooking etc. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 18 cm High
Price USD. 375.00
Ser. No. 1689
RARE storage urn from the Royal Nanhai (c.1460) shipwreck
This urn is one of its kind and the only one found on the wreck site. It is not potted on a wheel as was the most common way of making pots but built up using "ropes" of clay, circling the body, placing one coil on top of another. The urn will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13 cm High
Price USD. 395.00
Sten has spent more than forty years in Southeast Asia designing and engineering various marine structures. His interest in Asia's pottery and porcelain eventually lead to his search and excavation of numbers of ancient shipwrecks. As a championship sailor Sten has extensive knowledge and interest in ancient maritime trade, ships designs and construction. It is these interests and gained knowledge that is the base for all his books and extensive lecturing.
Sten's company; Nanhai Marine Archaeology Sdn. Bhd. works with Malaysia's Department of Museums and Antiquities and can therefore offer legally excavated artifacts from these shipwrecks.
In addition to working with recovering artifacts, Sten has located number of ancient kiln sites in Thailand and in China were his shipwreck ceramics was made centuries ago. He is therefore able to offer absolute provenance on all ceramics sold via Nanhai Marine Archaeology Sdn. Bhd. and, with good conscience sign every Certificate of Authenticity supplied with the artifacts.
The maritime archaeology of Sten Sjostrand has led to major advances in the study of Asian trade and trade ceramics in Southeast Asia. His meticulous documentation of a series of nine shipwrecks from the 11th to 19th centuries reveals the early dominance of Chinese trade ceramics, a subsequent loss of the Chinese monopoly in the late 14th century when Southeast Asian ceramics entered the market, the basic parameters of the Ming gap shortages of the 14th-15th centuries, and a resurgence of Chinese wares in the 16th and 17th centuries. Just as important, Sjostrand freely shares the information from his discoveries. Researchers are welcome at his headquarters where he documents his finds and patiently answers the queries of others. A lifetime’s experience with the sea and sailing allows Sjostrand to bring new understanding to ancient ship construction, and his voluminous reading allows him to set the ships and their cargoes in historical perspective.
Dr. Roxanna M. Brown
Director.
Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum
Bangkok University, Rangsit campus
Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
Ser. No. RN6-71
Ring-handled bottle from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. This bottle still show some traces of the celadon glaze. It is made at the Sistachanali kilns and was commonly used for medicin.
Size: 11 cm high
PRICE: USD. 109.00
Ser. No. X-36
Covered jar from the Xuande (c.1540) shipwreck This jar was made at the Ban Pa Yang kiln complex in Sisatchanalai. It is dated to AD 1540. It is totally intact although most glaze covering has been lost during its long submersion in salt water. It will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 15.5 cm high
PRICE: USD. 485.00
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Nanhai Marine Archaeology Sdn. Bhd. was incorporated on the recommendation of the Malaysian authorities. This was done in order to formalize and to expand on the company’s researcher’s extensive knowledge of Asia’s ceramic developments and maritime trade.
The company’s researchers have been engaged in the search for historical shipwrecks for more than two decades and another decade researching maritime trade. Most of this work is concentrated to the South China Sea, a virtual highway for ancient shipping linking China to India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia in an extensive maritime trade system. This ancient trade started sometime around the 4th century and lasted well into the 19th century.
Following a successful shipwreck discovery, the company obtain a government permit to excavate the wreckage, and then carry out detailed marine archaeological procedures in recovering the artifacts, mapping the ship's remains and securing other data for future research. After each concluded project and following conservation of recovered artifacts, we search for and pinpoint ruined kiln sites and compare its wasters with the recovered ceramics until we are satisfied we located the place in which the shipwreck pottery was made centuries earlier.
As such we have precisely located a kiln sites in Sisatchanalai, northern Thailand in which our Royal Nanhai and the Nanyang shipwreck celadon ware was made around AD. 1380-1460. (See videos on: http://www.ming-wrecks.com/photopage.html ) Other kilns was located in Sukhothai where production wasters matched the fish and flower plates found on the Turiang and the Longquan shipwreck. These unique underglaze decorated wares was made at those exact kilns 600 years earlier! Our latest shipwreck cargo; The Wanli Shipwreck, of Chinese blue and white porcelain, was likewise pinpointed to the Guangyinge kiln site in Jingdezhen, China. (See video on: http://www.ming-wrecks.com/photopage.html )
Our arrangement with the Malaysian authorities is such that we finance all operations and train young Malaysian nationals (on our initiative) in maritime archaeology and related research. After giving all unique and single artifacts and thirty percent of all recovered items to the National Museum (and assisting with exhibitions of artifacts from each project) we are allowed to sell our portion of the recovery to finance future projects. The findings from ongoing research and the compilation of reports, books and catalogues are available on these pages as well as on a separate Internet site: http://www.maritimeasia.ws
Due to the unquestionable authenticity and precisely dated shipwreck pottery, many International Museums now display our shipwreck pieces as reference material.
The artifacts sold on this website are therefore legally and properly excavated and can be supplied with an export permit from the Department of Museum in Malaysia should this be required. This unique working arrangement makes us one of the few Internet sellers that sell from own excavation and issues a meaningful Certificate of Authenticity for every (numbered) piece sold.
So, if you are interested to purchase some of our Antique porcelain, old time pottery or other shipwreck artifacts from the Song dynasty, Ming porcelain or Chinese blue and white porcelain or the famous Yixing teapots, you can rest assured that every piece is excavated through proper archaeology by our own staff. We do not sell anything that is not excavated by ourselves or properly recorded and researched before offered for sale so every piece comes with the “Best possible provenance”
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMAIL OUR PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER; Sten Sjostrand SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR POSSIBLE PURCHASE
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Ser. No. X-61
Covered box from the Xuande (c.1540) shipwreck
This covered box was made at the Ban Pa Yang kilns at Sisatchanalai, more than 450 years ago. It belong to the later production period when these kilns returned to painting (iron oxide) motifs before glazing. The box is covered with seashells and a tube worm. The box will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13 cm diameter
Price USD. 395.00
Ser. No. X-15
RARE Covered box from the Xuande (c.1540) shipwreck
This bottle is in VERY GOOD condition with nice, thick glaze covering. It is made at the Ban Pa Yang kilns at Sisatchanalai, more than 450 years ago. It belong to the later production period when these kilns returned to painting, with iron oxide, before glazing. There is a small chip on the inside of the body which cannot be seen from the exterior. The box will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13.5 cm diameter
Price USD. 395.00
Ser. No. RN-132
Miniature brown-glazed ewer from the Royal Nanhai (c. 1460) shipwreck. This form is very rare with only two pieces on the wreck site. Except for a chip at the tip of the spout, the ewer is in good condition. The wear from its 550 year long stay on the seabed has added provenance to the ewer. It will be delivered with Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 9 cm High
Price USD. 59.00
Ser. No. RN-103
Tall black-glazed jar with four lug handles from the 550 year old Royal Nanhai (c. 1460) shipwreck. The jar is totally intact and shows some nice, decorative marine growth. The jar will be delivered with Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 33 cm high
Price USD. 495.00
Ser. No. RN-883
Tall black-glazed jar with four lug handles from the 550 year old Royal Nanhai (c. 1460) shipwreck. The jar is totally intact and shows a nice, decorative style of deterioration. The jar will be delivered with Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 29.5 cm High
Price USD. 485.00
Ser. No. RN-19
Ring-handled bottle from the Royal Nanhai (c. 1460) shipwreck.
This bottle shows a lot of marine growth. Although one ring-handle is missing the bottle is more than 500 years old and very decorative. The bottle will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 12.5 cm High
Price USD. 69.00
Since these jars are heavy and costly to ship by air, you should consider to select the more affordable Registered Surface Post when checking out
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