Porcelain fragment

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
1-77957
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010077957
Alternate number:
217 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.974
Description:
Porcelain fragment with a rounded polished edge. In center is a vessel motif.; Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) attributed. Presumed to have been salvaged from the cargo of the Portugese Manila galleon San Agustín, which was shipwrecked in November 1595 in Drakes Bay, Point Reyes, California, on its return trip from Manila.
Donor:
California State Historical Society
Collection place:
CA-Mrn-232 (Estero Mound), Drakes Bay, Marin County
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Ming dynasty (1368–1644 AD)
Collector:
California State Historical Society
Collection date:
August 1949
Materials:
Porcelain (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fragments (object portions) and Porcelain (visual works)
Production date:
ca. 1595
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Comment:
Remarks: "Edge polished by grinding (?)
Loans:
S1958-1959 #6 [formerly I-58-C]: University of Florida/John Goggin (December 17, 1958–March 11, 1964), S1967-1968 #13: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (August 16, 1967–December 1, 1977), S1980-1981 #16: Santa Rosa Junior College (September 25, 1980–February 8, 1982), S1983-1984 #38: California Academy of Sciences (February 3, 1984–July 19, 1984), S1986-1987 #33: Smithsonian Institution (May 15, 1987–March 18, 1988), and S1988-1989 #44: Sonoma County Museum (June 13, 1989–November 6, 1989)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Porcelain fragment, accession number 1-77957, described as Porcelain fragment with a rounded polished edge. In center is a vessel motif.; Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) attributed. Presumed to have been salvaged from the cargo of the Portugese Manila galleon San Agustín, which was shipwrecked in November 1595 in Drakes Bay, Point Reyes, California, on its return trip from Manila. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Porcelain fragment, accession number 1-77957, described as Porcelain fragment with a rounded polished edge. In center is a vessel motif.; Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) attributed. Presumed to have been salvaged from the cargo of the Portugese Manila galleon San Agustín, which was shipwrecked in November 1595 in Drakes Bay, Point Reyes, California, on its return trip from Manila. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Porcelain fragment, accession number 1-77957, described as Porcelain fragment with a rounded polished edge. In center is a vessel motif.; Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) attributed. Presumed to have been salvaged from the cargo of the Portugese Manila galleon San Agustín, which was shipwrecked in November 1595 in Drakes Bay, Point Reyes, California, on its return trip from Manila. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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