Belitung shipwreck
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The Belitung shipwreck is the wreck of an Arabian dhow that sank around 830 AD. The ship completed its outward journey from Arabia to China but sank on the return voyage from China, approximately 1.6
A bronze mirror with cosmological decoration and inscription from the 8th century, reading "Made on the 29th day of the 11th month of the first year of the wuxu era of the Qianyuan reign"
Bowls from kilns in Changsha, Hunan
Two Tang oval-lobed gold bowls, each decorated with two ducks in repoussé amidst chased flowers
Dhow
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Dhow is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Typically sporting long t
Belitung shipwreck
…The Belitung shipwreck (also called the Tang shipwreck or Batu Hitam shipwreck) is the wreck of an Arabian dhow that sank around 830 AD. The ship completed its outward journey from Arabia to China but sank on the return voyage from China, approximately 1.6…
A dhow in the Indian Ocean, near the islands of Zanzibar on the Swahili coast
Fishermen's dhows moored at Dubai in 2014
Moroccan dhow.
A Shu'ai in the Persian Gulf