The discovery of the Lena Shoal wreck north-east of Palawan in the Philippines in February 1997 shed valuable light on historical trading patterns in south-east Asia. The Lena Shoal junk carried a valuable cargo from China, Siarn and Annam, some of which would have been destined for the distant ports of Hormuz and Aden, whilst other cargo would have been bartered for exotic products in the Muslim sultanates of the Philipine Islands, Borneo or Maluccas. High quality ceramics such as blue and white wares, ewers, boxes and ...
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The discovery of the Lena Shoal wreck north-east of Palawan in the Philippines in February 1997 shed valuable light on historical trading patterns in south-east Asia. The Lena Shoal junk carried a valuable cargo from China, Siarn and Annam, some of which would have been destined for the distant ports of Hormuz and Aden, whilst other cargo would have been bartered for exotic products in the Muslim sultanates of the Philipine Islands, Borneo or Maluccas. High quality ceramics such as blue and white wares, ewers, boxes and inkstands, as well as metal ingots, copper untensils and cooking pots are among the more than 3,000 artefacts retrieved from the site. This book is a history and analysis of the 15th century wreck and its cargo (providing the typology of a Ming collection) and gives the background of Chinese trade at the time. It is one of the most important publications on trade ceramics of the Ming dynasty.
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