Indonesian Shipwreck Vessel with Spout

Warm tan, with a spout like a duck bill and a few orange lines still holding out.

This shipwreck vessel with spout is from Java Sea near Borneo, Indonesia, and dates to the 17th or 18th century. It is pottery. Wrecks such as the Turiang from about 1370, the Royal Nanhai from about 1460 and the Nanking cargo from about 1750 helped create shipwreck ceramics as a collecting category. Sandy buff jug with a rounded body, a tall straight neck and a thick pointed spout set at the shoulder. Faint orange incised lines show around the body, and the surface has small scrapes and a dry finish. It is 10.5 inches wide, 8.5 deep, 10.5 high and 0.54 in diameter.

Quietly pours its charm out without being asked.