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LOT 2251
Chinese Glazed Dish Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 - 4 in. (270 grams total, 6.4-10 cm).
Comprising a broad squat turquoise-coloured bowl and four small bell-shaped bowls each with floral motifs and a signature character to the underside. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
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Large Tek Sing Shipwreck Blue and White Bowl
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Footed bowl with painted blue floral motifs and circumferential lines, rosette to inner centre and signature to underside. 423 grams, 16.5 cm
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter. -
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