Hoi An Shipwreck Annamese/Vietnamese Stoneware Kendi, 1400-1500

An exceptional example of a stoneware kendi from Annam (Vietnam) dating to the 15th - 16th Century, attributed to the Chu Dou Kilns. The exterior decorated under the glaze with cobalt blue and the base left unglazed as typical of Vietnamese pottery of this period. 

Measurements: 12cm high x 13cm long

Condition: Very well preserved despite 500 years below sea, with some dullness to the glaze but no evident chips, cracks or restoration. Crazing is evident to the glaze as is some brown staining that has seeped within the crazing cracks.

Provenance: Hoi An Shipwreck | The Hoi An wreck lies in the South China Sea; From what we know, between the late 15th and early 16th Century a ship carrying Vietnamese Ceramics capsized. The shipwreck was discovered in the early 1990s by local fishermen, who however did not excavate the wreck. Hoi An shipwreck is in fact the only wreck site to have been completely excavated in a correct archaeological manner. The Vietnamese Government, together with the Maritime Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Oxford formed a partnership to undertake the landmark excavation. It was named after the nearby town of Faifo, known today as Hoi An. Sold through Leonard Joel Sydney 2008-12.

This item includes a Written Certificate of Authenticity.