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Plate with floral spray
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Plate with floral spray

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 number2000.133
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 in. diameter
MediumBlue and white ceramic
Image Not Available for Plate with floral spray
Plate with floral spray
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.132
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Plate with bird perched on a bush
Vietnamese
late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.131
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Blue and white dish: blossom and floral scroll decor.
Vietnamese
15th century
Object number: 74.5
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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
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Vietnamese
15th century
Object number: 57.75
Image Not Available for Bowl with plum spray
Bowl with plum spray
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.137
Image Not Available for Bowl with plum spray
Bowl with plum spray
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.138
Image Not Available for Bowl with plum spray
Bowl with plum spray
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.139
Image Not Available for Bowl with plum spray
Bowl with plum spray
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.140
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Vietnamese
late 15th to early 16th century
Object number: 2000.142
Photo: Paul Macapia
Plate: Floral Spray Decoration
French
late 18th century
Object number: 55.92