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Round cobalt-covered box
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Round cobalt-covered box

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 number2000.149
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
Dimensions2 1/4 in. diameter
MediumCeramic
Image Not Available for Round cobalt covered box
Round cobalt covered box
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.150
Image Not Available for Round blue and white covered box
Round blue and white covered box
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.151
Image Not Available for Round blue and white covered box
Round blue and white covered box
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.152
Image Not Available for Round blue and white covered box
Round blue and white covered box
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.153
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
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 covered box
Round covered box
Chinese
618-960
Object number: 66.79
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 Molded box with bull in landscape
Molded box with bull in landscape
Vietnamese
ca. late 15th-early 16th century
Object number: 2000.147
Round covered bowl
Round covered bowl
Thai
15th-16th century
Object number: 50.142
Round covered bowl
Round covered bowl
Thai
15th-16th century
Object number: 50.143