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LOT 2314
Diana Cargo Shipwreck Large Glazed Blue and White Serving Dish
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
14 in. (1.36 kg total, 35.5 cm).
A large octagonal dish with raised lip with net border; painted scenery of a lakeside town with multiple buildings in various designs on islands, boats floating on the water and an arched bridge to the foreground; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Christie's, Amsterdam, March 1995.
Footnotes'The Diana' was owned by Palmer and Co. a powerful Calcutta ship owner and was licenced by the English East India Company to sail from Calcutta or Madras to Canton. On the 14th of March 1817, she hit rocks off the Straits of Malacca and sank. The wreck was identified and recovered in 1994 by Dorian Ball of Malaysian Historical Salvors.
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LOT 2314
Diana Cargo Shipwreck Large Glazed Blue and White Serving Dish
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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