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Yuhuchun bottle

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Yuhuchun bottle

ca. late 15th-early 16th century

Vietnamese

Every piece of the quarter million ceramic wares salvaged from inside the Hoi An shipwreck had to be desalinized to preserve them following exposure to oxygen. It was then someone’s job to match the thousands and thousands of covers to their boxes.
Ceramic
12 x 5 1/2 inches
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
2000.125
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Chronicles of a Global East, Oct. 20, 2022 - Oct. 22, 2023.
Published References"Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2000-2001," in the Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 53 (2002/2003), p. 111-125, illus no. 49.

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