Medium, Chinese blue-on-white porcelain bowl with floral motif in center, ex-"Hoi An Hoard" (late 1400s). 819 grams, 2" tall, 9-1/2" diameter. Slightly smaller intact bowl of flowers-and-leaf design with original glaze, some shells still attached, as made, the wreck found and salvaged in the 1990s with most of the porcelain sold at auction by Butterfields in 2000. From the "Hoi An Hoard," with original VIPSAL inventory sticker 112007.
($125-200)