Nanhai Marine Archeology LLC. Delaware. USA.
Ming Dynasty Porcelain Shards from The Wanli (AD. c. 1625) Shipwreck
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Shard Collection 16
Consist of kraak shard and seven
bowl fragments with six Chenhua
(1465-1487) reign mark
Price: USD. 155.00
Shard Collection 24
Consist of shards from kraak plates and dishes and various other shards inlc. one from a character bowl.
Price: USD. 95.00
Medallions 787 & 789
These pair of medallions shows various auspicious motifs; tassel, and conch shell on top of ribbons: 9 cm diameter.
Price: USD. 89.00
Medallions W6-58- & 782
Gourd bottle over tassel and ribbon for good luck and insects and flowers for 'spring-time and longevity' is the message in this pair of medallions: 13 & 12.5 cm diameter.
Price: USD. 119.00
REST ASSURED OF PROPER AUTHENTICITY!
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.
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
During the excavation phase of the Wanli shipwreck, about 7,000 pieces of porcelain pieces was registered. Only those pieces which retained more than 50% of its original form was registered while all other pieces was considered "shards". As such there were less than 2,000 totally intact pieces with many of them showing glaze deterioration and other defects. In addition to registered artifacts 9,083 kilo "shards" was recovered. This weight was represented by less than 50% intact pieces (to avoid double registration), broken, fragmented and pulverized pieces. These "shards" was then separated into respective types, weighted and compared with the weight of an intact counterpart to find the total number of porcelains originally loaded onboard the ship. It was thus calculated that the total cargo consisted of more than 37,000 pieces. Most of this damage is believed to have been caused by an onboard explosion following a fire which is likely to have been set by an attacking Dutch vessel or the Portuguese crew trying to avoid a Dutch capture.
Many of the broken plates, with intact center medallions, was
trimmed and are now available for sale on this page. Each one
of these has been registered and now displaying its respective
serial number on a sticker:
For more information about The Wanli Shipwreck or to order the newly printed catalogue:
TRIMMED CENTER MEDALLIONS FROM KRAAK DISHES, BOWLS AND KRAAK PLATES
To understand the meaning of these medallion motifs, please visit: Our Wanli Shipwreck pages
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!
Medallion 7873
A broken kraak dish with the ordinary border emblems and the 'artemisia' leaf, tussle and ribbon in the center medallion.
15 cm diameter.
Price: USD. 74.00
Medallion 800
A cut centrer medallion showing the bird on a rock (life and longevity) and the usual sping motifs.
15 cm diameter
Price: USD. 74.00
Medallion 1108
A 'bird on a rock' below a flower arrangement provide wishes for 'spring time and longevity.
14 cm diameter.
Price: USD. 69.00
Medallion 1110
A cicada on a rock below a flower arrangement wishes for spring and long life. c. 17 cm in diameter
Price: USD. 74.00
VIDEO CLIP SHOWING THE RECOVERY OF "SHARDS"
Click on this video to see how tonnes of broken plates, dishes and bowls was recovered together with fragmented and pulverized porcelain.
To view other videos and pictures about our work, click here
CLICK ON ABOVE IMAGES TO VIEW ARTIFACTS FOR SALE
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Medallion 432
This medallion feature the 'artemisia' leaf on top of a gourd bottle. The Chinese belive that the 'artemisia' leaf (one of the Eight Precious Things) will wards off sickness and is a symbol of felicity.
The gourd bottle is likewise a charm to ward off evil
influence. It is also the emblem of - Li Tieguai -
one of The Eight Immortals.
Size: part of a 22cm diameter
kraak plate.
Price: USD. 54.00
Medallion 635
The 'artemisia' leaf, which the Chinese believe wards off evil things and the symbol of felicity, is the main theme of this medallion. The medallion was part of an 14 cm diameter kraak dish with ogival-shaped medallion on the border.
Price: USD. 46.00
Medallion 555
The 'artemisia' leaf, which the Chinese believe wards off evil things and the symbol of felicity, is the main theme of this medallion. The medallion was part of an 14 cm diameter kraak dish with ogival-shaped medallion on the border.
Price: USD. 28.00
Medallions 914
The 'artemisia' leaf, which the Chinese believe wards off evil things and the symbol of felicity, is the main theme of this medallion.
Size: 13cm diameter
Price: USD. 39.00
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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.china-pottery.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.china-pottery.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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Medallion 310
A cut centrer medallion showing one duck on the rock below a lotus arrangement with another approaching duck above.
19 cm diameter
Price: USD. 78.00
Medallion 335
A brid on the rock belowe a flower arrangement with a butterfly above. These motifs combined express wishes for new and vibrant spring time and longevity.
Size: 17.5 cm diameter
Price: USD. 95.00
Medallion 336
A cut center medallion decorated with a serie of peony flowers painted in 'reverse'. The peony is the emblem of spring and the king of flowers. It is also the symbol for riches, honor, love, affection and feminine beauty. 15 cm diameter
Price: USD. 78.00
Medallion 322
A medallion from a large bowl featuring Shou Lao (the God of longevity) riding on a crane. The footring is of 'bi-style' form which is quite unique.
Size: 11.5 cm diameter
Price: USD. 58.00
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