Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1643 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 14.90 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain ovoid ‘bullet’-shaped jar with pale green crackled glaze. This ovoid bullet-shaped jar has a short ringed neck and ground-down mouth, possibly as a result of cleaning the jar of sea molluscs. Its shoulders slope sharply and its sides taper inwards before spreading at the foot. Inside and out it is covered with a pale yellow-green glaze, but the flat base is unglazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:As this jar was among the ceramics recovered from the Hatcher shipwreck, dating to c. 1643, it was most likely made tor sale abroad. The ship carrying it probably foundered on its way to Indonesia. It was carrying spices, silks, ceramics and other commodities made for export which it would have traded with the Dutch, whose East India Company had offices in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta) in Indonesia. Fragments of similar ‘bullet’ jars have been found at the Chaozhou kilns in Guangdong. Jars of this type were also manufactured at kilns in Fujian province.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 14.90 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain ovoid ‘bullet’-shaped jar with pale green crackled glaze. This ovoid bullet-shaped jar has a short ringed neck and ground-down mouth, possibly as a result of cleaning the jar of sea molluscs. Its shoulders slope sharply and its sides taper inwards before spreading at the foot. Inside and out it is covered with a pale yellow-green glaze, but the flat base is unglazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:As this jar was among the ceramics recovered from the Hatcher shipwreck, dating to c. 1643, it was most likely made tor sale abroad. The ship carrying it probably foundered on its way to Indonesia. It was carrying spices, silks, ceramics and other commodities made for export which it would have traded with the Dutch, whose East India Company had offices in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta) in Indonesia. Fragments of similar ‘bullet’ jars have been found at the Chaozhou kilns in Guangdong. Jars of this type were also manufactured at kilns in Fujian province.
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