Lot Essay
The "Vung Tao Cargo" was salvaged from a ship sunk in Vietnamese waters probably en route from China to Batavia, a trading centre that the VOC (Dutch East India Company) had established in 1619.
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CIRCA 1690
Details
A GROUP OF SIXTEEN CHINESE PROVINCIAL GREY-GLAZED VASES
CIRCA 1690
Each with rounded neck, heavily potted for storing food, oil and other liquids throughout the South-East Asian shipping routes, each with various encrustations
Each approx. 7 in. (18 cm.) high (16)
CIRCA 1690
Each with rounded neck, heavily potted for storing food, oil and other liquids throughout the South-East Asian shipping routes, each with various encrustations
Each approx. 7 in. (18 cm.) high (16)
Provenance
The Vung Tau Cargo, sold Christie's Amsterdam, 7-8 April 1992, lot 952 (part lot).
Brought to you by
Victoria von Westenholz
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