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LOT 2347
Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Collection
EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 in. (241 grams total, 12 cm).
Comprising four shallow plates, three with a house on a cliff edge next to a lake, one painted with trees on a rocky outcrop. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Christie's, Amsterdam, 28 April-2 May 1985.
Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Nanking shipwreck.
Footnotes
On Monday 3rd January 1752, the Dutch East India Company ship Geldermalsen, struck a reef on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea. The cargo of Chinese porcelain was originally potted in Jingdezhen, Jiangzi province. The cargo was recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher and his team in 1985.
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LOT 2347
Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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