Over 500 years ago, a Vietnamese trading ship bound for China sank in a typhoon zone known as the "Dragon Sea" near the coast of the modern region of Hoi An, Vietnam. Rediscovered in the 1990's, the ship was laden with over 150,000 pieces of Vietnamese porcelain, produced near present-day Hanoi, most with underglaze cobalt blue decoration, and some with brightly colored overglaze enamels. These were goods tailor-made to be traded with the Chinese in their preferred style; the maker ...click for details
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