Around 17,000 shipwreck relics go to Chinese research centres
In short
- About 17,000 artefacts were recovered from a trading vessel that sank off eastern China.
- Most are celadon bowls, plates and cups from a renowned 1,700-year-old kiln.
- The relics have been given to Chinese research centres.
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The relics come from a trading ship that went down off eastern China, so they record what was carried and traded at sea. Handing them to research centres places them where experts can study and care for them. The source gives no detail on exhibitions or access, so the copy stays with the handover.
From Sixth Tone
The artifacts, discovered aboard a trading vessel shipwrecked in waters off eastern China, consisted mainly of celadon bowls, plates, and cups from a renowned 1,700-year-old kiln.
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Long ago, a trading ship sank in the sea off eastern China. Its cargo of pretty green-glazed bowls, plates and cups stayed under the water for centuries. Now about 17,000 of these old objects have been given to research centres, where experts can look after them and learn from them. What would you like to learn from an old bowl that has travelled so far?
