Later 15th century AD. A broad white-glazed ceramic bowl with blue arcading to the outer face, running foliage and tendrils to the inner rim, central floral motif. 685 grams, 23cm diameter (9"). Property of a North London gentleman; formerly with Butterfields Auctions, San Fransisco, USA. The H?i An wreck in the South China Sea was discovered in the 1990s. Annamese H?i An pottery was made in modern-day Vietnam in the kilns at Chu Dou, most important kilns in the 14th-15th century in the kingdom of Annam.