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Image Not Available for Molded box with bird in flight amid clouds
Molded box with bird in flight amid clouds
Image Not Available for Molded box with bird in flight amid clouds

Molded box with bird in flight amid clouds

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 number2000.146
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Chronicles of a Global East, Oct. 20, 2022 - Oct. 22, 2023.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Dimensions2 9/16 in. diameter
MediumCeramic
Image Not Available for Molded box with bull in landscape
Molded box with bull in landscape
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.147
Image Not Available for Ivory Ryusa Netsuke Carved as a Dragon Amid Clouds
Ivory Ryusa Netsuke Carved as a Dragon Amid Clouds
early 19th century
Object number: 91.178
Image Not Available for Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Vietnamese
Object number: 2000.119
Image Not Available for Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Vietnamese
late 15th - early 16th century
Object number: 2000.120
Image Not Available for Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Vietnamese
late 15th - early 16th century
Object number: 2000.121
Image Not Available for Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Vietnamese
late 15th - early 16th century
Object number: 2000.122
Image Not Available for Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Blue and White Molded Parrot Bowls
Vietnamese
late 15th - early 16th century
Object number: 2000.123
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 bird perched on a bush
Plate with bird perched on a bush
Vietnamese
late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.131
Image Not Available for Lotus budform covered box
Lotus budform covered box
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.144
Image Not Available for Persimmon shaped covered box
Persimmon shaped covered box
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.145
Image Not Available for Round box with flowerhead on lid
Round box with flowerhead on lid
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.148