We are experts in antique ceramics and have noticed many questionable "antiques" for sale on the Internet. We understand that collectors are skeptical to the majority of online purchases and have included this page to disassociate ourselves from unscrupulous Internet dealers.
We care about our shipwreck artifacts, their excavation, registration, conservation and related research. This work provide us with an unparalleled insight into the old craftsmen, their skills and daring ventures in trading their wares. The respect we have gained through this work is reflected in our handling of orders, safe packing and speedy shipment.
The customers below have specifically allowed us to including their comments and email address on this page such that they can verify the authenticity of their statements. Please note that these comments are TYPICAL for all the comments we receive.
WE THEREFORE ENCOURAGE ANYONE SEEKING ASSURANCE OF OUR INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM TO CONTACT ANY OF THESE CUSTOMERS. ...............................................PLEASE DO!
Sten,
I received the wonderful artifacts. They were very well-packaged and there was no damage. I am extremely happy with the plates, especially the lovely Sukhothai fish plates. Thank you for your shipwreck archeology; you have not only helped recover artifacts and advanced archaeological knowledge but also given ordinary people an opportunity to own a piece of art and history.
Thank you. Eric morning.doji.star@gmail.com
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Yes, you can certainly use it as a testimony. Eric
Hi Sten,
The large and small yixing teapots arrived today. Thank you for the incredibly fast turnaround of just over one week from ordering to safe delivery.
I appreciate your responsiveness to my request for teapots that were of the best condition. Your recommendations definitely met my hopes for two beautiful pots to display next to the stunning medium pot I already ordered from you. Together, they complete my collection of obtaining a small, medium, and large pot from the Desaru wreck.
I look forward to seasoning them in preparation for brewing some special tea.
Happy Holidays and best wishes for a prosperous New Year.
John Wey cheljohnwey@tx.rr.com
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Hi Sten,
Feel free to post my comments and email address on your customer testimony page.
Best wishes John Wey cheljohnwey@tx.rr.com
Dear Sten,
Received the Celadon Dish today, it arrived in excellent condition. We are very happy with it, it looks better than the picture we purchased it off. Thank you very much for including the spoon it was a lovely touch.
We look forward to doing more business with you in the future through family and friends.
Kind Regards. Beth Kerr sbskerr@hotmail.com
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Dear Sten,
Yes we are only too happy for you to use our email on your testimonial page along with
our email address.
Reagards Beth sbskerr@hotmail.com
Dear Sten,
Today I received the first four items. To describe them with one word: Fantastic ! They show age as to my mind needs to be the case. Who would want ancient artefacts that look like made yesterday? Overall, they were better than what I could expect based on the photos.
Packing was superb and also many thanks for the gifts attached.
Best wishes Tapani Tapani.Makinen@vtt.fi
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Hi Sten,
Of course you can use this feedback!
Hi Sten,
I received the Yixing (tea) pot today. What a gorgeous pot. It arrived in perfect condition and exactly like you represented on the website. I have to complement you on the professionalism of the transaction and the speed at which the pot was delivered.
Thank you and I look forward to ordering more artifacts from you.
John Wey cheljohnwey@tx.rr.com
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Hi again Sten
Feel free to use me as a reference with my email address.
Best wishes for your future discoveries.
Hi Sten,
I received my order today!!!!
The artifacts arrived in excellent condition and with professional packing. Thank you so much!!! The artifacts look even better than on the web site. I put my little collection in our display and I think I could look at them forever.
I thank you again for the excellent service and for the presents ( spoon and celadon jarlet, they are really beautiful).
The quality and professionalism of your web site and documentation are amazing.
Best wishes, Natasha. du-nata@ukr.net
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Hi Sten,
Yes, of course. (permision to publish the comment)
Best regards, Natasha. du-nata@ukr.net
Hi Sten
The items arrived today thank you. It is the best packing I have ever received. Well done to you and your staff. Very fast delivery. (4 days) It is good to have somebody you can trust with all the fakes coming onto the market through E-Bay and alike. I will be buying from you again as long as your web site is running.
I am also looking forward to seeing the CD as I always try to research items in my collection and have a good cross section of auction cats and books of the wrecks. I find the stories behind them as fascinating as the items themselves and gives body to the items.
Thank you very much for your great service and hard work in excavating the wreck sites in what must be hard conditions.
Mark Reed reed623@btinternet.com
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Hi Sten,
No problem feel free to use it. reed623@btinternet.com
Dear Johan,
I got the package yesterday. I would got a day earlier if I didn't miss the delivery. it took only a week since I placed the order. never seen such speedy overseas shipment. The artifacts come in excellent condition, thanks to such professional packing. your fine job really gained my respect for you. thanks again for excellent services, you're truly experts. I'm looking forward for the future collections.
Best wishes,
Binbin bin-bin@houston.rr.com
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Dear Sten,
you're definitely allowed to post my email in your testimonies pages with my email address showing. I'll recommend anyone who's interested in buying from you because you're definitely serious professionals.
best regards,
Binbin bin-bin@houston.rr.com
Sten,
The "Transitional Period" bowl I ordered on January 31 arrived at my door in the U.S. just a week later. I've never ordered anything from overseas that has arrived so quickly! The item itself was far above my expectations, expertly packed, and the booklet and DVD were nice touches.
Looking forward to future purchases,
Michael Misinco
Macon, GA U.S.A. michael_misinco@bobcat.gcsu.edu
Dear Sten
The parcel arrived today which is amazingly quick. It was so very cleverly packed and all the items were received in excellent condition. All the certification was perfect and I am absolutely delighted. The spoons were a nice thought too. I will enjoy reading the literature again and will watch the CD later.
with kind regards
Dear Sten,
Hope you had a Good Christmas and that you have a Great New Year.
I returned from a pre Christmas holiday in Cha Am, Thailand on 22nd December and found your package of Desaru Cargo waiting for me. I opened it on Christmas Day and was VERY PLEASED at the enclosures, the Flower Dish is superb and I am more than pleased with the Flower Bowl plus the spoons.
Once again thanks very much and I will be keeping an eye on your website for future recoveries.
All the Best - John Evans snufftypup@onetel.net.uk
This is just to say thank you for shipping my two orders so fast and packing them so well. Everything arrived (in the UK and the US) within a week, the things are charming and were accurately described, and the presents were very popular. Happy New Year!
Chris h. (Wisconsin. USA) chris@convenor.com
Hi Chris,
I got the parcel.
I must say that you've packed it very well and I'm very satisfied with the artifacts. Good works, please pass this message to Sten. Let me know if you've good 'offer' or clearance sales for other shipwrecks.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
Cliff
(Singapore) cliff.chua@gepex.ge.com
Hi Sten,
The package arrived today (Wednesday 10th December) in perfect condition. The packaging was absolutely superb and the contents were better than I could have imagined. The bonus on top of everything was the cd with the videos of the dives, totally unexpected but the icing on the cake. I will be sure to recommend you to my friends and relatives for when they would like a 'special' gift.
Thank you for you excellent service, I am truly thankful.
Best regards
Mike Dale (Pennsylvania USA) mike17112@yahoo.com
Hi Sten and Chris,
got your box on Sunday - viewed it on Monday: Thanks a lot : all fine and wonderful items! Special thanks for the great shards - much more and better than I could expect !!!!!!!!! Very much under time-pressure at the moment ...
but please keep me informed on the Wanli items... The jar "Wanli-3A.jpg" looks phantastic ... ;)))
Wishing you a merry and relaxing X-Mas & a happy, treasureous New Year!
Robert (Germany) chinart@t-online.de
Hello Sten,
The packing was excellent and the celedon saucer is fabulous.I will get back to you about the other celadon plates I want after christmas.I will email you when the others arrive.Thanks agian for all your trouble and have a very Merry Christmas.
All the best...Dr-Quest (Canada) dr-quest@cogeco.ca
Hi, Sten:
While my family is still buried in the knee-deep first snow of this winter, the first outside contacted I had this morning was the post office lady for the delivery of you package. The two bowls are really beautiful and full of history. I just wish that I can dig deeper into their past, such as where were they originated, where were they made, and above all, how much contact did China have with Borneo during the Song Dynasty.
By the way, have you ever thought about publishing a book about your work and discoveries, in Chinese, or translating the one you sent to me into Chinese?
Best regards,
Frank Tang (New York. USA)
Sten or Chris,
Hello, I recieved the parcel this afternoon. Thank You so much for the shards! The broken bowls and foot pieces worked very well, it looks great in the tank,Thank You -Thank You!
The Royal Nanhai Dish is beautiful, I love it. Thank You so much.And also that was some of the best packing I have ever seen-Great Job.
Thank You again for these wonderful items that wouldn't have been available except for all of your teams hard work.
Sincerely
Mike Hull (Kentucky, United States) handig00@hotmail.com
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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.china-pottery.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.china-pottery.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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