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Lantau Island
Hong Kong
Penny's Bay, Lantau, Ming export porcelain dump
Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea potteryAlso reported: Ming blue and white, Vietnamese and Thai wares, lime kiln remains (museum collections).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Clandestine Ming trading post near the Pearl River mouth; damaged Jingdezhen cargo discarded in a gully, found 1975.
Marine Department port history: about 20,000 Ming shards c.1465-1522 plus SE Asian wares collected from the gully; Oriental Ceramic Society lecture confirms massive finds before Disneyland constructionView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Private resort land, no access
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