There are several types of bowls available, some with decorations intended for Europe and others for Islamic markets.  Majority are of fine quality and made in Jingdezhen.  However, there are small quantity which are rough and most probably made in Fujian or Guangdong.

Four types of bowl (15 cm in Dia.) intended for the European market
Bowl with brown glaze on the exterior. This particular type is big with 18 dia.  No smaller version available.
Bowls with this floral design come in two sizes, 15 cm and 18cm respectively. Such bowls are most probably also made for the European market.
Bowls decorated with lotus, chrysanthemum or lingzhi fungus which are most probably intended for the Islamic markets.
Bowls which are roughly potted and most probably made in Fujian or Guangdong and intended for the Southeast Asian market

Many plates of varying sizes (most about 14 cm, 21 or 27 cm) were also recovered from the wreck.  They were made in Jingdezhen and majority are fine and thinly potted.

Above type of plates have a dia. of about 21 cm
Above two types of plate have a dia. of about 27 cm. The one on the left has a bigger version of about 35 cm in dia. The one on the right has a smaller version of about 21 cm in dia.
Above plate has a dia. of 27 cm.

Above types of plate hava a dia. of about 14 cm

Quite a few varieties of cover boxes are available in this wreck.  Such cover boxes are seldom found in Europe and were mainly made for the Southeast Asian markets. All of them are decorated with floral motif.  There is one that come in set of 5 of varying sizes. 

Above type of blue and white cover boxes come in set of 5
Above types of cover box have a dia. of 9.5-10 cm in dia.

There is also a small quantity of tall cover jars, with some that come in set of  3 sizes.  The decoration  and form appears to suit the Islamic market more than the European market.

There are also some interesting small melon-shaped jarlets with cover.  Only a small quantity has been recovered.

Cover missing from blue and white melon-shaped jarlets.  Dia. of about 10 cm
Above melon jarlets have a dia. of 6 cm

Besides above, there are also some interesting and rare items.  One interesting rare item is the blue and white writing set that consists of a tray which houses 3 square vessels: an ink well, a pen holder and a sander. 

Another interesting set consists of 2 ewers and a 3rd ewer-shaped vessel but without the spout.  They fit nicely in the tray.  The shape of the vessels and the decoration indicates that they are made for the European market.

Some blue and white stem cups were also recovered but the number is few.  Those with a flatter dish-like top are fine and well-painted with human figures.

Above stem cups have a dia. of 10 cm

Above two stem cups are smaller with dia. of about 5 cm

There are also small number of blue and white kendis which are well potted and the decoration well painted.  They were made for the Islamic market.

There are also some figurines covered with coloured lead glaze.  Unfortunately, for most of the pieces, the glaze has degraded substantially.  So far, relatively few have been found.

Lastly, there is the group of items in the below photos.  There are a few monochome vessels recovered such as the below celadon glaze vase and a ge-glaze jar.  The 3 yixing tea pots are the only ones which have been found so far.  They may be the belongings of the crew .   The blue and white jar with ribbed body is also a solitary find.  It is a fine piece with well drawn decoration. The frog figurine is large and in its original state should be in white biscuit form. Many such frogs were recovered in the ca mau wreck but are comparatively small in size. 

Ge glaze jar

Written by: NK Koh (16 Dec 2014)