Indonesian Ceramic Shipwreck Vessel

Deep chocolate, thick-shouldered, with a dark glaze pooled around the lip.

This shipwreck vessel is from Java Sea near Borneo, Indonesia, and dates to the 17th or 18th century. It is pottery. Many shipwreck ceramics surfaced when fishermen off the coasts of Indonesia and Southeast Asia began catching them in their nets, often still intact and looking no worse for centuries underwater. Dark brown jar with a rounded, gritty, matte body, a short flared neck, and a bit of glossy dark glaze showing at the rim. Light ridges circle the belly and the base looks scuffed. It is 8.5 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Serious in color, and sturdy in every other way.