Overview
- Researchers report the wreck carried about 3.5–3.8 tons of ceramics, including over 2,350 Yuan blue-and-white pieces—the largest such trove recovered from any shipwreck.
- Typology of Jingdezhen wares and evidence of a 1352 imperial kiln shutdown tightly date the cargo to roughly 1340–1352 and indicate a likely Quanzhou loading point.
- The assemblage spans Longquan celadon at about 44.5% by weight alongside Jingdezhen qingbai and shufu wares, Dehua whiteware, and various Fujian greenwares and jars.
- Dish sizes and motifs align with artifacts from Fort Canning Park and the Singapore River, supporting a Temasek market rather than Middle Eastern demand.
- The site near Pedra Branca was excavated in stages from 2016 to 2019 with no surviving hull, and the National Heritage Board is desalinating the finds for future museum display.