Indonesian Shipwreck Vessel with Spout

Cream clay flaking off in patches of deep red, like paint that lost an argument.

This shipwreck vessel with spout is from Java Sea near Borneo, Indonesia, and dates to the 17th or 18th century. It is pottery & pigment. 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. Spouted jug with a flaring neck, a faint ridge at the shoulder and a pale buff body. Dark maroon coating clings in broken patches, and flecks of green and orange show at the neck and base. It is 13 inches wide, 11 deep, 14 high and 1.16 in diameter.

Peeling with the confidence of a much newer pot.