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LOT 0439
Chinese Tang Terracotta Dragon
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
16 1/4 in. (5.85 kg, 41.5 cm wide).
Elongated piriform body with fluted panels to the chest and flanks, white and red pigment, square socket between the shoulders; restored with earlier elements.
ProvenanceEx Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Accompanied by thermoluminescence analysis report no.C118j1 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.203477.
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Chinese Ming Style Green Stone Bowl
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Opening Bid: £56
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Blue and White Porcelain Tek Sing Shipwreck Bowl
Sunk Belvidere Shoals, 6th February 1822 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Decorated with floral motifs to the interior and exterior walls, within plain circumferential borders; with original Nagel Auctions label, Stuttgart, Germany. 205 grams, 15.4 cm
Ex Nagel Auctions, Stuttgart, Germany, November 2000.
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. -
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Chinese Glazed Ceramic Cau Mau Shipwreck Box
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With an associated lid, painted with a blue design composed of plants and leaves. 220 grams total, 10.2 cm wide
Fine condition.
Ex Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 2007.
The Cau 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.
