Chinese Shipwreck Funnel-Form Mercury Storage Vessel

Plain cream cone with a flat crown, as unadorned as a tapered thought.

This shipwreck funnel-form mercury storage vessel is from Cizao Kilns, Fujian Province, China. It is stoneware. 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. Conical vessel in pale sand-gray with a flat, slightly crusty top and gentle spiral throwing lines on the sides. The surface is matte and fine-grained with small dark specks, and the base is narrow. It is 4.75 inches wide, 4.75 deep and 6.25 high.

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