Bowl fragment

Object status:

Deaccessioned

Museum number:

1-127874

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.UCAS-17

Object count:

1

Description:

Bowl base fragment; 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 Archaeological Survey, Clement W. Meighan, and University of California Archaeological Survey

Collection place:

CA-Mrn-115, Marin County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

CA-Mrn-115

Production place:

China

Culture or time period:

Ming dynasty (1368–1644 AD)

Collector:

Clement W. Meighan

Collection date:

April 1949

Materials:

Porcelain (material)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Bowls (vessels) and Fragments (object portions)

Production date:

ca. 1595

Accession date:

February 14, 1950

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Loans:

S2007-2008 #8: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (February 25, 2008–June 24, 2010)

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