history of 1700 years porcelain production. There is some antique black porcelain but mainly antique blue and white porcelain was recovered from the ships.

Some Chinese antique blue porcelain and light green antique ceramic were also recovered from the sunken Chinese treasure ship. Beautiful antique china porcelain collectibles like antique Chinese porcelain vase, antique porcelain tea set, antique porcelain plates are on display. The antique oriental porcelain is from China and mostly in blue and white color, looks like antique hand painted porcelain.Antique porcelain bowls, cup, figures and figurines have been discovered. All this antique porcelain is made in China. The antique porcelain makers from China where real artists but the found treasures were all produced for commercial purpose, like the antique porcelain plates, antique porcelain pottery, tea pots, vases and other pottery. Its quite real old time pottery and very rare antique porcelain.

The Antique pottery recovered from the sunken Chinese treasure ships are all made in China and Thailand. There is antique ceramic in different color but mainly light green and earth colors, beside of the Chinese porcelain in blue and white color. Recovered ceramic items are  bowls, ceramic plates, ceramic pottery, stoneware, ceramic vases and other ceramic ware, some of the Chinese treasure ship shipwreck items recovered have real artistic ceramic designs.

The sunken treasure ships were not all of Chinese origin. There were sunken treasure ships from China, Britain and the Netherlands. The oldest ship wreck from where ceramic artifacts were recovered is the wreck of the Turiang, a Chinese vessel made from softwood and put together with large iron nails sunk about 1370 AD. This shipwreck is about 100 nautical miles off the southern Malaysia east coast, it lies in about 40 depth. The Turiang had a mixed cargo of Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai pottery and ceramics.

The freight consists of about 30% Chinese ceramics, 8% Vietnamese ceramics and the rest was from Thailand. The
Thailand ceramic came mainly from Sukhothai, the old royal capital and the rest from the Sisatchanalei kilns, Sukhothai is slightly to the south from Sisatchanalei.  

Another Chinese shipwreck was the Nanyang, discovered north of the Turiang wreck. The Nanyang sunk around 1390 AD. and carried plates from Sisatchanalei celadon plus storage jars, bottles and jarlets.

Another sunken treasures ship was the Longquan. The shipwreck was discovered off the coast of Terengganu on the northern east cost of Malaysia, the ship sunk around 1400 AD. The cargo was about 40% Chinese ceramics, about 40% Sisatchanalei ceramics and the rest from the Sukhothai kilns.

The wreck of the Royal Nanhai, a 15 th. century Chinese sail ship was discovered about 70 km off the Malaysian east cost south of the Longquan wreck. It was one of the first Chinese ship carrying Chinese blue and white ceramics. Altogether about 20.000 ceramic items were recovered from the shipwreck, including Chinese porcelain, but the majority of the cargo were Sisatchanalei celadon.

The shipwrecked Singtai was found in April 2001 off the Malaysian east coast near the border to Thailand. The treasure ship was about 22 m in length and heavy loaded, the cargo was mainly storage jars from the kilns in Singburi, central Thailand.

On the west coast of Malaysia are also some interesting ship wrecks, notably the Nassau, sunk in about 1600 AD during a battle with some Portuguese ships. The Portuguese controlled Melaka at that time. At excavation weaponry was found, muskets and bronze cannons. Spanish silver coins and a Bellarmine drinking jug which was manufactured two years before in Germany. Cardinal Bellarmine was a person living during the Catholic Counter Reformation.

The Risdam, disappeared into the sea in 1727. It was a cargo vessel of the Dutch East India Company. The shipwreck was found off the Malysian east cost near Mersing in 1984. Woodlogs, Elephant tusks, storage jars and more than 100 tin ingots where found.

The first wreck of a British vessel belonging to the British East India Company was discovered off Melaka in December 1993 . It sunk on March 4. 1817. It was a 3 mast schooner. Altogether about 24.000 pieces of pottery where recovered from the ship wreck. The ceramic items were dinner plates, soup bowls and other, specifically designed by Chinese craftsmen for Western style dining.