Pufferfish form waterdropper
Dateca. late 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 number2000.143
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Chronicles of a Global East, Oct. 20, 2022 - Oct. 22, 2023.Credit LineGift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Dimensions3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) length
MediumCeramic
Vietnamese
late 15th to early 16th century
Object number: 2000.142