A 15thC Salvaged Shipwreck Sawankhalok Ceramic Jar from The Royal Nanhai c.1460Origin: Taiwanese Period: Ayutthaya Kingdom Provenance: The Royal Nanhai Date: c. 1450 60 Height: 10 Diameter: 7 Recovered from the Thai merchant ship Royal Nanhai which sunk in 1460, with the wreck being discovered at a depth of 46 meters, 40 nautical miles offshore from Kuantan, West Malaysia, the iron glazed stoneware ceramic jar being partially enveloped with sea bed encrustations having four ring handles, and surviving from fifteenth century