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400-Year-Old Treasure
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-02-26 15:31
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Divers surface with
treasures from the Binh Thuan shipwreck, buried off the coast of Vietnam for
nearly 400 years, in this undated handout photo. Christie's has announced
that the company has been appointed to sell the early 17th-century Ming
Dynasty ceramics from the wreck during an auction in Melbourne, Australia on March 1,
2, and 3, 2004. Featuring over 600 lots, the sale is expected to
surpass AUD$1 million (USD$672,699).
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This
undated handout photo shows a porcelain blue and white "Phoenix" dish excavated from
the Binh Thuan shipwreck, buried off the coast of Vietnam. Christie's
has announced that the company has been appointed to sell early 17th-century Ming
Dynasty ceramics from the wreck during an auction in Melbourne, Australia
on March 1, 2, and 3, 2004. [Reuters] |
Ming
Dynasty ceramics aboard the 400-year-old Binh Thuan shipwreck are seen off the coast
of Vietnam, in this undated handout photo. Christie's has announced
that the company has been appointed to sell the early 17th-century ceramics from
the wreck during an auction in Melbourne, Australia on March 1, 2, and
3, 2004. Featuring over 600 lots, the sale is expected to surpass AUD$1 million
(USD$672,699). [Reuters] |
This undated
handout photo shows the porcelain "Eight Immortals" nine-piece cordiment set -- each
with an expected retail value of USD$750-1,500 -- that were excavated from the Binh
Thuan shipwreck buried off the coast of Vietnam. Christie's has announced that
the company has been appointed to sell early 17th-century Ming Dynasty ceramics
from the wreck during an auction in Melbourne, Australia on March 1, 2,
and 3, 2004. [Reuters]
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