Indonesian Ceramic Shipwreck Vessel

Orange-red at the belly and chalky at the neck, as if halfway through a costume change.

This shipwreck vessel is from Java Sea near Borneo, Indonesia, and dates to the 17th or 18th century. It is pottery. Most ceramics carried on trading ships were practical, and many were vessels holding wine, making them roughly the equivalent of today's wine bottles, although some were delicate blue and white porcelain. Jar with a short flaring neck and a wide, slightly angular shoulder. The body is mottled rust orange and brown, while the neck and rim show pale, ashy patches with a dry matte finish. It is 7 inches wide, 7 deep, 7 high and 0.2 in diameter.

Two moods at once, worn with some conviction.