Indonesian Ceramic Shipwreck Vessel

Broad-shouldered and half-scraped, wearing a dark skin that has partly given up.

This shipwreck vessel is from Java Sea near Borneo, Indonesia, and dates to the 17th or 18th century. It is pottery. Ceramics fired and glazed at high temperatures could stay unaffected for centuries underwater, especially when buried beneath silt, while most other trade cargo was destroyed, swept away or disintegrated over time. Wide pot with a sharply angled shoulder, a flared neck and a pointed base. Dark brown surface remains on the upper area, while large patches have worn away to pale clay, with fine vertical streaks below. It is 7.5 inches wide, 7.5 deep, 7 high and 0.23 in diameter.

Peeling gracefully, and not apologizing for the draft.