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LOT 2186
Chinese Ming Blue and White Artist Palette
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (535 grams, 11 cm wide).
Squat glazed artist's water container with brush-hole and dished palette to the upper face, frieze of lions and flowers to the sidewall, earlier Zhengde four character reign mark to the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Avon, UK, collection, 1980s.
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Chinese Mottled Green Jade Bowl
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With hemispherical body, everted rim and shallow foot. 147 grams, 12 cm diameter
Fine condition.
Ex the late Sir Roger Moss OBE collection. -
Chinese Song Ceramic Tile with Figure and Handprint
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With high-relief figure with a florid arch, with much pigment remaining; the figure dressed in copious robes with tall headdress, holding in both hands a hookah with the pipe in the mouth; impressed handprint to the reverse; repaired. 5.97 kg, 30 cm
Repaired
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Hong Kong collection. Ex West Country collection, UK. -
Chinese Tek Sing Shipwreck Pottery Collection
19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising four glazed ceramic vessels: two shallow dishes and two footed bowls with everted rim and basal ring. 659 grams total, 9.1-16 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
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 Indian vessel captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter.
