Plate - Porcelain - Swatow

Grand Swatow dish (Zhangzhou) – Ming Dynasty, c. 1580–1620 – 27 cm – From a shipwreck

Impressive Chinese blue-and-white porcelain plate belonging to the export production known as Swatow (Zhangzhou ware), made in the Fujian kilns during the Ming Dynasty, Wanli period (1573–1620).

With a generous diameter of 27 cm, it features hand-painted decoration in cobalt oxide underglaze, with an spontaneous and expressive composition characteristic of production intended for the Southeast Asian maritime trade at the end of the 16th century.

This type of piece was part of large Chinese merchant cargo shipments and appears documented in important underwater finds such as the Binh Thuan shipwreck (Vietnam, ca. 1608), one of the most relevant discoveries of Ming export porcelain.

Diameter: 27 cm
Condition: With signs compatible with submarine recovery (stains and wear consistent with prolonged immersion).

A piece with presence, history and great appeal for collectors of export Chinese porcelain and maritime archaeology.