The mystery of sunken ships in Vietnam: Under the ocean!

Unearthed from five ancient shipwrecks, the museum has provided invaluable materials and artifacts, opening up a new way for archeologists in the country.

About 800,000 artifacts - a small number added to the treasure of Vietnamese antiques. Artifacts excavated from shipwrecks on the ocean floor are mainly ceramics. In addition, a very small amount of crew items include metal items such as lamps and copper lamps, copper coins, copper boxes, copper pots, and some cast iron items; Hair brooches can be bones and some furniture, fabrics .

Porcelain items in the collection of shipwreck artifacts with a variety of genres, but most are plates . Collection of blue and white porcelain plates accounts for a large percentage of the ancient ships, especially Ca Mau ancient ships and Cu Lao Cham ancient ships.

Close up of wrecked wreck.(Illustration).

The disk has many sizes, designs, shapes such as round mouth, flared mouth, beveled, octagonal, rhombus, hexagonal, rafting, petal-shaped edges . There are many discs of diameter from 35cm to 39cm. Decorative patterns are also rich and diverse. The theme of flowers and leaves has lotus wire, autumn leaves, peony, orchid chrysanthemum, moonlight and leaf flowers, lotus pond.

Animal themes are cranes, carp, running pig, dog, marijuana spotted, giant and cheetah… Decoration of woman, pink fairy, scenes of climbers and girls The ao dai is waiting until the scene of the husband and the buffalo, catching the fish or the phoenix flanking the sun is extremely vivid.

Beside the porcelain plates, blue flowers are celadon dishes. This is a rare type of yeast, so the quantity is not much. The disc has a baby's mouth, a floral pattern, a tooth shape or a wave pattern. In addition, the type of white glaze plate painted many colors on enamel, decorated cranes, dug longevity; Blue and multicolored glaze plates are decorated with gold and double spotted pea birds. Green enamel plate with red phoenix shape; Enameled blue cut flowers with aqua decorations and people. In particular, there is a disc arranged by nine unique porcelain flower pots.

Ancient treasures . (Photo: M.Hà).

After the disc type, mention the cup. The cup in the collection is also rich and diverse in types and forms of decoration, in very large quantities. Ceramic bowls salvaged from shipwrecks are relatively many. Similar to plates, ceramic bowls come in many shapes, sizes and include blue and non-gray flowers in white enamel, blue flowers combined with color, celadon bowls. In addition, there are cups and porcelain pots. blue flowers, blue-colored flowers on enamel, blue flowers combine red-green glaze, gray-blue glaze, white enamel .

In the treasure of salvage from the 'Silk Road in the Sea' , many pottery and vases painted in grape lines in the flower-shaped box of the sea, a bottle of painted lanterns and painted pictures of children playing lotus or pictures are found. women in the lotus wing .

Collection of artifacts from shipwrecks on the Vietnamese sea has hundreds of thousands of artifacts. The above descriptions partly help visualize the richness and diversity of types and types. Pattern decorated on colorful objects, looks and lively, delicate. The theme of decoration consists of a realist, many themes of ancient stories. More than anything is the theme of the temple landscape and the flower theme.

Valuable both culturally, historically and economically.(Photo: M.Hà).

In addition, there are animal themes, longevity letters, flower pots placed on the century . with simple pen strokes but expressed many different types to create the richness of the topic. It can be said that these are rare and valuable artifacts, valuable both culturally, historically and economically. They have at least a few hundred years ago, originating from China, Thailand and Vietnam.

It can be said, this is extremely fortunate for the conservation industry. Because of the current reality, the amount of antiques in the museum's warehouses is not much; Collection of antiques is also very difficult. Rare and expensive artifacts are very expensive and, if not careful, are fake and fake goods.