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Uncleaned blue-on-white Chinese porcelain dish with water-bird motif.

Currency:USD Category:Pottery & Glass / Pottery & China Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 450.00 USD
Uncleaned blue-on-white Chinese porcelain dish with water-bird motif.
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Uncleaned blue-on-white Chinese porcelain dish with water-bird motif. 1003 grams, 10" in diameter and 1-1/2" tall. Shallow bowl (1" deep) with scalloped rim (3/4" wide), the vivid central design showing 2 ducks floating in a pond with a water plant, vines and flowers around that and scrollwork on rim, more vines and flowers on exterior, unglazed base, intact except for 2 small chips in the rim, covered with oyster "footprints" and wormy coral, eminently cleanable but neat as it is for a shipwreck display. Recovered from: Unidentified late-1700s/early-1800s wreck off Jolo, Sulu, southwest Mindanao (Zamboanga area, known as the Paticul site), Philippines