Antique Shipwreck Bowl | Sumatra

Antique Shipwreck Bowl | Sumatra 

Originating from China during the Sung Dynasty of the 14th Century.  

Found in a shipwreck in Sumatra Island South East Asia these stunning ceramics were salvaged from the floor of the ocean.

This unique bowl has been worn smooth by the passage of time loosing it's glaze and retaning a historic trace of the orginal hand drawn motif  beneath the surface of the original gloss finish.   

The bowl would have originally been glazed but the passage of time and tides has worn this away etching the external surfaces to a matt finish. Each bowl is both a work of art and a time capsule of marine archaeology.  Each bowl is totally unique in colour and hand drawn decoration. 

Made from decorated fine porcelain the vessel itself was beautifully made and lightweight

Dimensions

Height 7cm, Diameter 22cm 

Dating from the 14^th Century: 1301 to 1400

Approximately  600 years old

Country of origin China

Recovered in the Thailand