Blue/white Porcelain Long-necked Double-gourd Bottle From The Hoi An Hoard (15th Century)

Rare blue/white porcelain stoneware long-necked double-gourd bottle from the wreck located off the coast of Hoi An (Vietnam).
It has remained "in its juice" after a light cleaning. The numerous marine concretions (barnacles and oysters) have been preserved to testify to its underwater origin.
It is complete, with no breaks or cracks. One side is lightly colored orange due to its proximity, in the sediment, to an oxidized ferrous object. The cover has been dulled by five centuries of immersion, but the cobalt-blue decoration remains intact. The typical bottom is painted in iron-red slip.
Height: 23 cm. Weight: 670 g.

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The wreck, discovered at a depth of 70 m and dated to the 15th century, was archaeologically rcovered in 1997-1999 and its cargo of ceramics sold by Butterfields in San Francisco in 2000.

Ref:
Butterfields, 2000:"Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard", lots 196-200 (last two photos).

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