A PAIR OF "VUNG TAO CARGO" BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS

CIRCA 1690

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A PAIR OF "VUNG TAO CARGO" BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1690
Each decorated with petal-shaped panels containing stylized wisteria and pine painted with cross-hatching, repeated on the domed covers, the bases with double circles enclosing ribbon-tied emblems
9 7/8in. (25.1cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The "Vung Tao Cargo", sold Christie's Amsterdam, 7-8 April, 1992, was salvaged from a ship sunk in Vietnamese waters probably en route from China to Batavia, the VOC trading center that the Dutch had established in 1619

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