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Image Not Available for Plate with bird perched on a bush
Plate with bird perched on a bush
Image Not Available for Plate with bird perched on a bush

Plate with bird perched on a bush

Datelate 15th-early 16th century
Maker Vietnamese
Label TextEvery 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.
Object number2000.131
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Luminous: The Art of Asia, Oct. 13, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Chronicles of a Global East, Oct. 20, 2022 - Oct. 22, 2023.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Dimensions9 1/2 in. diameter
MediumBlue and white ceramic
Image Not Available for Plate with bird perched on a bush
Plate with bird perched on a bush
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.130
Image Not Available for Plate with floral spray
Plate with floral spray
Vietnamese
late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.133
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Waterdropper in the shape of pufferfish
Vietnamese
late 15th to early 16th century
Object number: 2000.142
Image Not Available for Molded box with bird in flight amid clouds
Molded box with bird in flight amid clouds
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.146
Image Not Available for Plate with floral spray
Plate with floral spray
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.132
Image Not Available for Plate with water plant
Plate with water plant
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.134
Image Not Available for Plate with water plant
Plate with water plant
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.135
Image Not Available for Plate with bamboo and rock
Plate with bamboo and rock
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.136
Blue and white dish: blossom and floral scroll decor.
Blue and white dish: blossom and floral scroll decor.
Vietnamese
15th century
Object number: 74.5
Dish with floral decoration
Dish with floral decoration
Vietnamese
15th century
Object number: 69.146
Vase with floral rinceau decoration
Vase with floral rinceau decoration
Vietnamese
15th Century
Object number: 56.117
Photo: Paul Macapia
Vase with floral and wave design
Vietnamese
15th century
Object number: 57.75