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LOT 2605
Chinese Han Terracotta Animal Figure
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. OR LATER
2 1/2 in. (53 grams, 63 mm).
Stylised animal with short, splayed legs and an elongated neck, conical muzzle and large ears. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Denis Young Antiques and Books, Perthshire, UK, in the 1990s.
From the collection of Mr & Mrs J.G.W. Lee, late Herefordshire collectors, their collection having been established from the 1990s.
Accompanied by an original handwritten sales receipt.
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Ex Nagel Auction, with official Tek Sing Treasure labels to verso. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Tek Sing shipwreck.
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.
