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LOT 2604
Chinese Sui Standing Female Figure
SUI PERIOD, 581-618 A.D. OR LATER
10 5/8 in. (487 grams, 27.1 cm).
Hollow-formed female figure in floor-length flared robe, hair dressed in two parallel crests, holding a ribbed vessel to her chest.
ProvenanceEx West Country collection, 1990s.
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Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Budai
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Depicting the monk Budai in high-relief, seated on the floor in a relaxed pose, his robe falling down from his left shoulder. 1.49 kg, 20.5 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Chinese Tang Court Lady Figure
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Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Bowl and Box Group
Early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising three bowls, one footed with scroll decoration to the outer face; one with tendrils to both faces and decorative border to the outer face; one with dashes and concentric circles; a lidded cylindrical box; two bowls repaired and box lid chipped. 762 grams total, 7.4-14 cm
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.
