This good quality porcelain bowl has a smooth greenish glaze and a brown rim. It was one of the better quality ‘provincial’ wares that were part of a sizable cargo of Chinese export ceramics and porcelain uncovered from a late 17th century shipwreck near Vung Tau, Vietnam. The ship was enroute to Batavia from China, and the cargo on it would have eventually made it way to the Southeast Asian or European market where Chinese ceramics were popular and much valued.Generally, such wares are of a lower quality and come with designs less formal than those of Jingdezhen. They were mass-produced to be exported as wares for everyday use.
