Dish with vegetal decoration
Provenance : Shipwreck Treasure of Hoi An
Viet Nam Ming Dynasty, around 1430
In 1999 off the coast of Hoi An on the Sea Dragon, a Vietnamese fisherman discovered in his nets several bowls and fragments of pottery decorated in blue on white background. Back to earth and talking about his discovery, experts suggest a dating to the mid-fifteenth century.
Very quickly was sent on a barge excavation to proceed with the estimation of the importance of the site and eventual excavations. This research concludes that a joncque sank in 1432 near Hoi An during a diplomatic trip to China, sinking with thousands pieces of ceramics.
