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LOT 2269
Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice
MIDDLE PERIOD, 900-300 B.C.
6 3/4 in. (871 grams, 17 cm).
Red-on-buff chalice with flared rim, globular body and wide pedestal base; surface decorated with horizontal bands of curvilinear geometric patterns and vertical strokes to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Chinese Tang Glazed Dish
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Broad profile with light blue glaze, low basal ring. 173 grams, 15 cm
Ex W.C. collection, UK. -
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Bowl Pair
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Both with a bell-shaped body and low foot; painted petals radiating from the basal ring, the insides with simple decoration. 244 grams total, 85 mm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
In the mid 15th century, a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau. -
Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Collection
Early 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising four shallow plates, three with a house on a cliff edge next to a lake, one painted with trees on a rocky outcrop. 241 grams total, 12 cm
Ex Christie's, Amsterdam, 28 April-2 May 1985. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Nanking shipwreck.
On Monday 3rd January 1752, the Dutch East India Company ship Geldermalsen, struck a reef on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea. The cargo of Chinese porcelain was originally potted in Jingdezhen, Jiangzi province. The cargo was recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher and his team in 1985.
