Book: Dragon Sea - Vietnamese Hoi An Hoard - Hard Back 1st Edition

This book, "Dragon Sea", by Frank Pope is essentially the story of a 15th century shipwreck that came to be known as the "Hoi An Hoard"...

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It was a beautiful set of tea cup & Stand. Origin unknown, most likely was from Southeast Asia.

Date: Early 20th century.

Stand Width : 11cm.
Total Height:9.0cm

A famille rose enameled porcelain tea container, beautifully decorated with birds and flowers. There is a "Huacha Gongsi Chupin (product of Huacha Company)" mark on the bottom along with a "China" stamp. Huacha Co. was a famous tea exporter founded in 1916 in Shanghai by Mr. Tang Qiaoqing and his partners, Huacha Company's tea won a first class award in 1926 Philadelphia World Expo...

Additional photos #2 for Rare Chinese Famille Rose Landscape Vase w/Box

A genuine 19th Century SINO-SIAMESE BENJARONG - BENCHARONG BOWL with Thepanom and Kinaree Angel Décor. Very good condition. Size: 5 1/4" diameter x height 2 1/2" (13.5cm x 6.5 cm.) This item ships from our USA address.

Very nice late 18th Century Benjarong Porcelain Bowl, especially made in China for the Siamese Court and Nobility. The inside is emerald green with flower decor and a center medallion, whereas the outside depicts 4 alternative Norasingh and Kinaree medallions and a Famille Noire background. Good condition, shiny glaze preserved and the top rim is nicely banded in bronze. 1 very small, minor and inconsequential firing hairline on top rim, only noticeable upon close inspection....

Antique Vietnamese bowl made of blue and white glazed porcelain, with interesting designs along its side and a "double happiness" mark on the inside bottom. The double happiness symbol is often found on items to do with the Chinese New Year and weddings. Size: 8.75" diameter, 3" tall

A Thai market Chinese porcelain bowl. Turquoise, iron red, white, yellow, blue, green, black and magenta enamel decoration. Known as Benjarong, this class of porcelain made and decorated for the Thai taste of the period is so unique to that market that it is often thought of as a Thai ceramic. Metal covered rim and foot...

Chinese Qing dynasty export porcelain Benjarong (five color) bowl made for the Thai market densely decorated in relief polychrome enamels around the circumference with eight alternating Buddhist celestial beings. The turquoise-green interior is accented with a floral circular medallion at the base of the well and a floral band around the interior top. 19th century. 7 1/8” diameter x 3 1/2” high. Good overall condition with gilt highlights at the rim and foot...

A Benjarong Thai Market Chinese Porcelain Serving Dish. 19thC. Diameter: 13.8 cm. Condition: excellent, some wear to gilding.

A set of three Bencharong serving dishes 19thC. Largest diameter 12.7 cm. Condition: two larger dishes perfect, the smaller has a 0.4 cm chip to the rim. Wear to gilding.

Diameter approximately 29 cm. There is a soft chip at the rim. In good condition.

A small 19th century Chinese porcelain joss holder in the form of a seated hound, covered in a mottled dark umber glaze revealing the white beneath in places and patches of light blue on each side. An unusual piece and may be one-of-a-kind, we are dating circa 1900 or a little earlier. On an integral rectangular bracket base, it measures 3.75 inches high, 2.75 long.

An pair of antique blue ceramic Vietnamese mini bottles. Found in a ship wreck from the Hoi An Hoard ship with a numbered label. Provenance: Prominent Private Collection from San Diego, CA

Date:12-13th C

Dimensions: 2.75" tall X 1.75" wide

Diameter approximately 13.5 cm. There is a hair line at the cover, only 1 cm. There are 2 soft chips at the covers. More pictures are available. In good condition.

Height approximately 22.6 cm. There are some chips at the rim.

Ceramic vase probably a soft porcelain. Decoration of dragon flying among clouds in cobalt blue under glassure. Vietnamese work from the 19th century or earlier. Good condition, some chips on the collars visible on photo. No repairs. Height: 205mm.

A Small Famille Rose Benjarong Cosmetic Pot and Cover. The ribbed vessel decorated with various butterflies flying among flowers. Chinese 19thC. Height; 2 7/8″ (7.5 cm) Condition; fritting to the rim of the cover