Indonesian Shipwreck Vessel with Spout

Low and wide, with a small spout poking out like a pointed remark.

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. Squat rounded vessel in gritty olive-brown with a thick rolled rim and a short angled spout at the shoulder. The surface is rough, pitted and mottled, and the base curves round and softly worn. It is 9.5 inches wide, 8.5 deep and 6.5 high.

Short on height and long on conversation.