From seabed to a museum: How divers recovered artefacts from Singapore’s historic shipwrecks

via Straits Times, 21 June 2021: Follow up stories from the discoveries of shipwrecks in the eastern waters of Singapore.

The wreck site appears to hold a seemingly endless supply of ceramic shards.

But as research officer Michael Ng, 34, found out in 2017, there are also more substantial treasures to be found.

And what a precious find one of them was. The piece, a 14th century blue-and-white bottle with a flanged straight neck, bulbous body and flared foot, is believed to be the only documented example in the world.

“When I found it, it was quite encrusted, but there were specks of white and blue peering out from the bottle,” Mr Ng said.

Source: From seabed to a museum: How divers recovered artefacts from Singapore’s historic shipwrecks, Singapore News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

See also:

• Divers put Singapore on Wreck Map | Diver Net, 21 June 2021
• Diving for treasures at sea | Straits Times, 21 June 2021
• Chinese relics found in wrecks off Singapore | China Daily, 23 June 2021
• Marine archaeologist’s 24-year wait to survey ocean site pays off | China Daily, 23 June 2021