Scientists Discovered a Shipwreck Filled with 700-Year-Old Chinese Porcelain
created: Feb. 23, 2026, 7:31 p.m. | updated: Feb. 25, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
-century shipwreck discovered in the waters of Singapore is the oldest shipwreck ever found in that region.
The Temasek Wreck contained the world’s largest collection of Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain ever found in a shipwreck.
A 14th-century shipwreck in the waters of Singapore—the oldest shipwreck ever discovered in the area—carried roughly 3.8 tons of ceramic cargo, including the largest trove of historic Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain ever discovered in a shipwreck.
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“The prevalent motif on the shipwreck blue-and-white porcelain is mandarin ducks in a lotus pond,” Flecker wrote.
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