Pair of 2 3/8" tall jars. One still has original ocean barnacle growth on surface. From the Hoi Ann Shipwreck!

Pair of 2 3/8" tall jars. One still has original ocean barnacle growth on surface. From the Hoi An Shipwreck! The “Hoi An Shipwreck Hoard” is one of the most famous assemblages of ancient pottery ever found. Each artifact was professionally recovered and cataloged. Only 10% of the nearly 300,000 artifacts recovered were retained, while the other 90% were sold by auction to the collecting public. The pieces offered on this page are documented to be part of the Hoi An Hoard.
History:
Around 500 years ago, a ship carrying a large cargo of finely crafted Vietnamese ceramics dated to around AD 1450-1500 sank in the South China Sea off the coast of central Vietnam. The provenance of the pieces was known to be the kilns of the Red River Delta.
Fishermen discovered the wreck in the early 1990s, and in 1996, professional under sea archaeological recovery at the site began. Taking nearly 4 years to complete at a cost of $14 million, the recovery team excavated a third of a million pieces of pottery from the ocean floor. An “Evaluation Committee” of leading Vietnamese archaeologists and art historians selected the most unique pieces for the National Collection in Hanoi. By invitation, other museums were given the opportunity to select what they wished to curate. The remaining 90% were sold at auction in 2000 to the collecting public. From the collection of Len Weidner.