BELITUNG SHIP, LARGE CHANGSHA BOWL WITH CLOUD OR WIND PATTERNS, TANG PERIOD
BELITUNG SHIP, LARGE CHANGSHA BOWL WITH CLOUD OR WIND PATTERNS, TANG PERIOD
The edges have been dipped in four places with brown, probably iron-oxide. The well of the bowl is freely painted in green and coffee coloured brown.
Period : Late Tang Dynasty
Production Date : Circa 830
Made in : Hunan province
Found/Acquired : Indonesia, Belitung Island
Size : 20.0cm (Diameter)
Condition : Good (Flaking of Brown glaze to the rim, it is typical Changsha trait.)
Reference :
1) Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art <Tang Dynasty Changsha Ceramic> by Liu Yang
https://asia-archive.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10Liu.pdf
2) Christies Hongkong 4 OCT 2016 - The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art - Lot 90 (Price realised : HKD 75,000 / Type : Closely related)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6022927
3) Christies Hongkong 23 MAY – 6 JUN 2023 - Pavilion Online – Chinese Art - Lot 3208 (Price range : HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 / Type : Closely related)
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/pavilion-online-chinese-art/changsha-polychrome-decorated-bowl-3208/183279
* The Belitung Ship Changsha Ware
The Belitung wreck held three main types of Chinese "wares" in the form of bowls: Changsha ware (produced in kilns in Tongguan), the majority of the items, were originally packed in either straw cylinders or "Dusun" storage jars; White-ware, manufactured in the Ding kilns and including the earliest known intact underglaze blue and white dishes; and Yue ware from Zhejiang Province.
The wreck has given archaeologists two major discoveries: the biggest single collection of Tang dynasty artefacts found in one location outside of China, the so-called "Tang Treasure"; and the Arabian dhow, which gives a new insight into the trade routes between China and the Middle East during that period.
References : Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck(Book by Natali Pearson), Photo by Michael Flecker