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LOT 2343
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Traveller
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
10 1/2 in. (3.5 kg, 27 cm wide).
Showing a bearded traveller walking over a double-arched bridge, holding luggage over his left shoulder, with foliage behind; the scene enclosed in a roundel with raised edge.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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South East Asian Stone Head
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Carved in the round with exaggerated ears and lentoid eyes. gusseted mouth and ribbed hair; mounted on a display stand. 2.65 kg total, 28.5 cm including stand
From 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. -
Ca Mau Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Miniature Vessel Group
Early 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising three miniature vessels with painted floral decoration. 61 grams total, 60-63 mm
Ex Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 29-31 January 2007. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Ca Mau shipwreck.
The Ca Mau shipwreck refers to a cargo of Chinese porcelain sunk between 1723 and 1735 off the coast of Vietnam. The wreck was discovered by Vietnamese fishermen in 1998. It is believed the wreck was a merchant’s junk on its way from Canton (Guangzhou) to Batavia when it caught fire and sank. The ship was carrying goods destined for Dutch traders who had limited access to China and its ports. -
Large Tek Sing Shipwreck Blue and White Bowl
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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.
