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LOT 2368
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Handprint Signature to Verso
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
11 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (5.8 kg, 29 x 29 cm).
Comprising an elaborate ogival niche, standing figure dressed in long robes and holding a drumstick in one hand and fly-whisk in the other, beside a small architectural frame for a musical instrument; handprint to reverse..
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 2368
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Handprint Signature to Verso
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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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.
