Ser. No. D-29375
This convenience pot is similar to the above sample except that is shows better glaze remains. The pot isalso recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 21 cm long
Price. USD. 160.00
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Ser. No. D-436
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 11 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 50.00
Ser. No. D-137
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 14.5 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 65.00
Ser. No. D-636
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 11 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 50.00
Ser. No. D-212
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 14.5 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 55.00
Ser. No. D-112
This covered box is also assembled by hand from flat pieces of clay in the same manner as the above brown-glazed jars. There is some seashells growing on the box. The box is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13 cm in diameter
Price USD. 75.00
Ser. No. D-216
This covered box is also assembled by hand from flat pieces of clay in the same manner as the above brown-glazed jars. There is some seashells growing on the box. The box is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13 cm in diameter
Price USD. 75.00
Ser. No. D-135
This covered box is also assembled by hand from flat pieces of clay in the same manner as the above brown-glazed jars. There is some seashells growing on the box. The box is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13 cm in diameter
Price USD. 75.00
Ser. No. D-1362
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above sample except that is shows better glaze remains. The pot isalso recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 14.5 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 65.00
Ser. No. D-114
This covered box is also assembled by hand from flat pieces of clay in the same manner as the above brown-glazed jars. The yellowish color is the glaze is however unusual. The box is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13 cm in diameter
Price USD. 80.00
Ser. No. D-126
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 11 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 55.00
Ser. No. D-1461
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreckand will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 11 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 55.00
Ser. No. D-146
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreckand will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 15 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 65.00
Ser. No. D-131
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 11 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 55.00
Ser. No. D-198
This brown-glazed jar is similar to the above samples. The pot isalso recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck and will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: 14.5 cm in diameter
Price. USD. 65.00
Sten is a naval architect who spent more than thirty years in Southeast Asia, primarily designing and engineering marine structures. Sten has an academics enthusiasm for ancient ceramics and has written numbers of books and lectured extensively in the subject.
An champion sailor and diver he has discovered a number of shipwreck in the South China Sea and assisted museums world-wide to exhibit and to collect meaningful ceramic collections.
Sten's company; Nanhai Marine Archaeology Sdn. Bhd.. works with Malaysia's Department of Museums and Antiquities and can therefore offer a legal Export Permit from the Department when so required.
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 concience sign every Certificate of Authenticity supplied with all artefacts.
Ming Dynasty porcelain & celadon
Qing dynasty pottery
17th century Ming dynasty (kraak) porcelain
Miscellaneous Shipwreck Ceramics
Nanhai Marine Archeology LLC. Delaware. USA.
REST ASSURED OF PROPER AUTHENTICITY!
When buying anything from this page you are NOT dealing with antique dealers or other middle men. You will be buying directly from a team of dedicated researchers that excavated, recovered and researched every single piece offered for sale. We encourage you to contact us by email with questions regarding your possible purchase. Write to: Sten Sjostrand
OUR GUARANTEE:
If you are not satisfied with our artifacts, delivery service or; if you obtain an expert opinion
that the artefact is not of the age stated by us, just return it and will give you full refund!
This page offers brown glazed jars, covered boxes and convenience pots from the Desaru (c. 1830) shipwreck. These pots are made in the same manner and from the same porous clay as the famous 'Yixing' or, "purple clay" teapots. The clay is rolled out in flat, thin pieces and then assembled by hand. The joint between the base plate and the joint between the sides and the moth rim piece can be seen clearly on most samples. With a porous clay and thin walls, these pots are extremely light. The jars exterior shows stamped motif of various designs and were made in four diminishing sizes such that they could be stored inside another when transported. All these pots are discussed in the "Maritime Archaeology and Shipwreck Ceramics in Malaysia", a National Museum exhibition catalogue written by late Dr. Roxanna Brown and Sten Sjostrand (our principal researcher) to celebrate a permanent display of our shipwreck ceramics.
Typical view of the unglazed base where the joint between the sides and the base can be seen
Ser. No. D-4210
This brown-glazed jar is in excellent condition. It is totally intact and one of the very best available from the wreck site. It's lightweight and shows its unique assembly method. The jar was recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 11 cm diameter
Price. USD. 55.00
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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
Nanhai Marine Archeology LLC Delaware, USA
as agents for Nanhai Marine Archaeology Sdn. Bhd.
25 Jalan Wawasan Jaya. 26 820 Kuala Rompin. Malaysia
Ser. No. D-740
This convenience pot or 'chamber pot' is also assembled in the same way as the above covered box and brown-glazed jars. Another hand-assembled pot made from the porus Yixing clay. The pot is from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 21 cm long
Price. USD. 130.00
Ser. No. D-7953.
This covered box is also assembled by hand from flat pieces of clay in the same manner as the above brown-glazed jars. The box is also recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13 cm in diameter
Price USD. 75.00
Ser. No. D-4211.
Same as above. The jar is totally intact and clearly show the unique assembly method and light-weight clay. It was recovered from the Desaru (c.1830) shipwreck and belong to the group of 'best available' from the shipwreck site. The jar will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 14.5 cm diameter
Price. USD. 65.00
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10th nov 2009
