RARE Sisatchanalai celadon dish Ser. No. RN-2703
This celadon dish is one of two with rounded sides and without flat rim. It was recovered from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck and is therefore about 4550 years old. The dating of the wreck site (and its cargo) was based on an adjusted carbon 14 date on the ships timber and by cross-refering the ceramics to other datable shipwreck sites. The dish is in good condition and intact except for a short, shallow, rim repair at 11 o'clock. The cavetto is decorated by incised 'onion skin' which are clear and well executed. Exterior surface has vertical striations. The base shows a weak tubular support scar. The dish was made at the Sisatchanalai kilns which were operated by Chinese celadon potters from the famous celadon kilns at Longquan in China. For more information about the Royal Nanhai shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/royalnanhai.html. The dish will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 22 cm Diameter
Price USD. USD 495.00
Ring-handled bottle. Ser. No. N-777
This celadon ring-handled bottle was recovered from the Nanyang (AD. c. 1380) shipwreck. The glaze on the piece is in good condition suggesting good firing control and high temperature. The base is cut shallow and shows a whitish clay that appear to have been scarce at this early time of Sisatchanalai production. The bottle is one of the best of its time and should be a perfect addition to any serious collector. For more information about this shipwreck, go to: http://www.mingwrecks.com/nanyang.html The bottle will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
There is little idea about trying to find a similar bottle elsewhere as they (when genuinely old) are impossible to find in the antique market
Size: 16 cm high
Price: USD. 980.00
Celadon Jarlets
These miniature celadon jarlets was recovered from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. They are therefore about 550 years old. For more information about this shipwreck, go to: http://www.mingwrecks.com/royalnanhai.html Each jarlet will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
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Sten is a naval architect who spent more than thirty years in Southeast Asia, primarily designing and engineering marine structures. Sten has an academics enthusiasm for ancient ceramics and has written numbers of books and lectured extensively in the subject.
An champion sailor and diver he has discovered a number of shipwreck in the South China Sea and assisted museums world-wide to exhibit and to collect meaningful ceramic collections.
Sten's company; Nanhai Marine Archaeology Sdn. Bhd.. works with Malaysia's Department of Museums and Antiquities and can therefore offer a legal Export Permit from the Department when so required.
Sten has located number of ancient kiln sites in Thailand and in China were his shipwreck ceramics was made centuries ago. He is therefore able to offer absolute provenance on all ceramics sold via Nanhai Marine Archaeology Sdn. Bhd. and, with good concience sign every Certificate of Authenticity supplied with all artefacts.
The maritime archaeology of Sten Sjostrand has led to major advances in the study of Asian trade and trade ceramics in Southeast Asia. His meticulous documentation of a series of nine shipwrecks from the 11th to 19th centuries reveals the early dominance of Chinese trade ceramics, a subsequent loss of the Chinese monopoly in the late 14th century when Southeast Asian ceramics entered the market, the basic parameters of the Ming gap shortages of the 14th-15th centuries, and a resurgence of Chinese wares in the 16th and 17th centuries. Just as important, Sjostrand freely shares the information from his discoveries. Researchers are welcome at his headquarters where he documents his finds and patiently answers the queries of others. A lifetime’s experience with the sea and sailing allows Sjostrand to bring new understanding to ancient ship construction, and his voluminous reading allows him to set the ships and their cargoes in historical perspective.
Dr. Roxanna M. Brown
Director.
Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum
Bangkok University, Rangsit campus
Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
Old time pottery, celadon ware &
Antique Celadon and Ming pottery from shipwrecks in the South China Sea.
Sisatchanalai celadon dish Ser. No. RN-2748
This dish, which is in very good condition, is also recovered from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. It is dish totally intact and shows a nice, smooth satin finish. Both the interior and exterior shows good, thick, glaze covering. The border shows a classic 'wave and coma' pattern. The base shows a clear tubular support scar and some remnant of the support itself. For more information about the Royal Nanhai shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/royalnanhai.html. The dish will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 25 cm Diameter
Price USD. 245.00
Sisatchanalai celadon dish Ser. No. RN-277
This celadon dish arrive from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. The dish is totally intact and shows good, thick, glaze condition with a smooth satin finish. The border is decorated with an incised 'classical wave and coma pattern' and the reverse feature vertical striations below a think glaze covering. The dish is made at the Ban Pa Yang kilns at Sisatchanalai which were operated by Chinese celadon potters from the famous celadon kilns at Longquan in China. For more information about the Royal Nanhai shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/royalnanhai.html The dish will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 23.5 cm Diameter
Price USD. 345.00
Chinese celadon plate. No. T-1058
This Chinese celadon plate is made at the famous Longquan kilns in southern China. The plate is totally intact and shows reasonable good glaze condition with a smooth feeling. Resonance sound when tapped is the best possible suggesting very high firing temperature and good quality clay. The foot-ring is fully glazed with the base showing a glaze circle in its center. For more information about the Turiang shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/turiang.html. The plate will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 25 cm Diameter
Price USD. 640.00
Chinese celadon plate. No. T-208
Chinese celadon plate from the famous Longquan kilns in southern China. It was recovered from the Turiang (AD. 1370) shipwreck The plate in reasonable condition consider its over 600 year stay at sea. There is however a firing scar in the lower part of the plate. Being over-fired it also has a very high resonance sound when tapped. The base shows a glaze circle in its center. For more information about the Turiang shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/turiang.html The plate will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 26 cm Diameter
Price USD. 390.00
Chinese celadon plate. No. T-176
A RARE Chinese celadon DISH from the Longquan kilns in southern China. The dish, which was recovered from the Turiang (AD. 1370) shipwreck, is totally intact but shows partly deteriorated glaze surface. Due to its age and unique rounded sides, the dish was depicted, discussed and included in the Pacific Asia Museum (Los Angeles) monograph: "Turiang: A Fourteenth Century Shipwreck in Southeast Asian Waters". The dish can be seen in that publication as color plate # 36*. The base shows a glaze circle in its center. The dish will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 26 cm Diameter * The monograph is available from Pacific Asia Museum, Los Angeles.
Price USD. 940.00
Nanhai Marine Archeology LLC. Delaware. USA.
When buying anything from this page you are NOT dealing with antique dealers or other middle men. You will be buying directly from a team of dedicated researchers that excavated, recovered and researched every single piece offered for sale. We encourage you to contact us by email with questions regarding your possible purchase. Write to: Sten Sjostrand
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Celadon bowl Ser. No. RN-267
Celadon bowl from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. These bowl was made at the Sisatchanalai kilns which were operated by Chinese celadon potters from the famous celadon kilns at Longquan in China. The bowl will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 11.5 cm diamater
Price: USD. 135.00
The discovery of the Royal Nanhai and how the site appeared before excavation
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Nanhai Marine Archaeology Sdn. Bhd. was incorporated on the recommendation of the Malaysian authorities. This was done in order to formalize and to expand on the company’s researcher’s extensive knowledge of Asia’s ceramic developments and maritime trade.
The company’s researchers have been engaged in the search for historical shipwrecks for more than two decades and another decade researching maritime trade. Most of this work is concentrated to the South China Sea, a virtual highway for ancient shipping linking China to India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia in an extensive maritime trade system. This ancient trade started sometime around the 4th century and lasted well into the 19th century.
Following a successful shipwreck discovery, the company obtain a government permit to excavate the wreckage, and then carry out detailed marine archaeological procedures in recovering the artifacts, mapping the ship's remains and securing other data for future research. After each concluded project and following conservation of recovered artifacts, we search for and pinpoint ruined kiln sites and compare its wasters with the recovered ceramics until we are satisfied we located the place in which the shipwreck pottery was made centuries earlier.
As such we have precisely located a kiln sites in Sisatchanalai, northern Thailand in which our Royal Nanhai and the Nanyang shipwreck celadon ware was made around AD. 1380-1460. (See videos on: http://www.ming-wrecks.com/photopage.html ) Other kilns was located in Sukhothai where production wasters matched the fish and flower plates found on the Turiang and the Longquan shipwreck. These unique underglaze decorated wares was made at those exact kilns 600 years earlier! Our latest shipwreck cargo; The Wanli Shipwreck, of Chinese blue and white porcelain, was likewise pinpointed to the Guangyinge kiln site in Jingdezhen, China. (See video on: http://www.ming-wrecks.com/photopage.html )
Our arrangement with the Malaysian authorities is such that we finance all operations and train young Malaysian nationals (on our initiative) in maritime archaeology and related research. After giving all unique and single artifacts and thirty percent of all recovered items to the National Museum (and assisting with exhibitions of artifacts from each project) we are allowed to sell our portion of the recovery to finance future projects. The findings from ongoing research and the compilation of reports, books and catalogues are available on these pages as well as on a separate Internet site: http://www.maritimeasia.ws
Due to the unquestionable authenticity and precisely dated shipwreck pottery, many International Museums now display our shipwreck pieces as reference material.
The artifacts sold on this website are therefore legally and properly excavated and can be supplied with an export permit from the Department of Museum in Malaysia should this be required. This unique working arrangement makes us one of the few Internet sellers that sell from own excavation and issues a meaningful Certificate of Authenticity for every (numbered) piece sold.
So, if you are interested to purchase some of our Antique porcelain, old time pottery or other shipwreck artifacts from the Song dynasty, Ming porcelain or Chinese blue and white porcelain or the famous Yixing teapots, you can rest assured that every piece is excavated through proper archaeology by our own staff. We do not sell anything that is not excavated by ourselves or properly recorded and researched before offered for sale so every piece comes with the “Best possible provenance”
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Affordable antique porcelain and pottery. These are the cheapest available on the net.
Early Chinese porcelain and pottery from the South China Sea shipwrecks
Chinese celadon plate. No. T-206
A very good Chinese celadon plate from the Turiang (AD. 1370) shipwreck The plate has survived its over 600 year long stay on the seabed remakably well. The glaze condition is glossy and smooth. Resonance sound when tapped is high which suggest good clay and high firing temperature. The base shows the typical 14th century with a glaze circle in the center of the base. For more information about the Turiang shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/turiang.html The plate will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 25.5 cm Diameter
Price USD. 940.00
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Ser. No. RN-1004
Size: Height: 6.5 cm
Price: USD. 69.00
Ser. No. RN-2311
Size: Height: 5.5 cm
Price: USD. 89.00
Ser. No. RN-242
Size: Height: 6.5 cm
Price: USD. 99.00
Chinese celadon plate. No. T-981
A good Chinese celadon plate from the Turiang (AD. 1370) shipwreck The plate is totally intact and well preserved with reasonable glaze condition. The base shows the typical 14th century with a glaze circle in the center of the base. For more information about the Turiang shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/turiang.html The plate will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 25 cm Diameter
Price USD. 640.00
Ring-handled bottle. Ser. No. N-713
This celadon ring-handled bottle was recovered from the Nanyang (AD. c.1380) shipwreck and is therefore 630 years old. The glaze on the piece is in rather good condition. The base is cut shallow and shows a whitish clay that appear to have been scarce at this early time of Sisatchanalai production. The bottle is one of the best from the shipwreck and should be a perfect addition to any serious collector. Considering its long stay on the seabed, the bottle has survived quite well. For more information about this shipwreck go to: http://www.mingwrecks.com/nanyang.html The bottle will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
There is little idea in trying to find a similar bottle elsewhere as they (when genuinely old) are impossible to find in the antique market
Size: 16 cm high
Price: USD. 640.00
RARE Sisatchanalai celadon saucer Ser. No. RN-340
This small celadon saucer is one of two found on the the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. in good condition. The saucer is totally intact and shows good, thick, smooth glaze with a 'glaze pool' in the well. The rim is foliated. Overall glaze condition is very good. The saucer was made at the Ban Pa Yang kilns at Sisatchanalai which were operated by Chinese celadon potters from the famous celadon kilns at Longquan in China. For more information about the Royal Nanhai shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/royalnanhai.html The dish will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 11.5 cm Diameter
Price USD. 195.00
Pinpointing the place where the celadon wares on this page was made 550 year ago
RARE Sisatchanalai celadon saucer Ser. No. RN-165
This small celadon saucer is the second of its kind found on the the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. in good condition. The saucer is totally intact and shows good, thick, smooth glaze. The rim is foliated. The saucer was made at the Ban Pa Yang kilns at Sisatchanalai which were operated by Chinese celadon potters from the famous celadon kilns at Longquan in China. For more information about the Royal Nanhai shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/royalnanhai.html The dish will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 13.5 cm Diameter
Price USD. 195.00
VERY GOOD Sisatchanalai celadon dish Ser. No. RN-3455
A very good quality celadon dish arrive from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. The dish is totally intact and shows good, thick, glaze condition. The glaze on the exterior is exceptionally good and of a high glassy type. There is a nice glaze 'pool' in the well which suggest that the dish was fired at very high temperature. The dish is made at the Ban Pa Yang kilns at Sisatchanalai which were operated by Chinese celadon potters from the famous celadon kilns at Longquan in China. For more information about the Royal Nanhai shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/royalnanhai.html The dish will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 23.5 cm Diameter
Price USD. 495.00
Sisatchanalai celadon dish Ser. No. RN-3112
A reasonable good quality celadon dish arrive from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck. The dish is totally intact and shows good, thick, glaze condition. The glaze on the exterior is equally thick and good. Border decoration shows the traditional (incised) 'wave and coma pattern'. The dish is made at the Ban Pa Yang kilns at Sisatchanalai which were operated by Chinese celadon potters from the famous celadon kilns at Longquan in China. For more information about the Royal Nanhai shipwreck, go to http://www.mingwrecks.com/royalnanhai.html The dish will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 23 cm Diameter
Price USD. 295.00
Large celadon bowl. No. RN-367
This celadon bowl was recovered from the Royal Nanhai (AD. 1460) shipwreck and is therefore 550 years old. It was made at the Sisatchanalai kilns by immigrating Chinese potters, starting celadon production in the area from about AD.1370. The bowl is intact and shows relatively good glaze condition. It is decorated by incised, overlapping lotus petals. The bowl will be delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity
Size: 18 cm Diameter
Price: USD. 145.00
Chinese celadon bowl. No. T-962
This RARE bowl is recovered from the Turiang (AD. 1370) shipwreck. It shows a weak stamped flower in the well, whilst the sides are plain. The bowl is in good condition except for a chip at the foot ring. (could easily be repaired and would then, -cost a lot more!)
Size: 15.5 cm Diameter
Price USD. 220.00
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Ser. No. RN-245
Size: Height: 6 cm
Price: USD. 99.00
