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LOT 2342
Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Tea Bowl
EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (43.1 grams, 76 mm).
Of wide profile with shallow foot, painted border to the inner rim, the outer face painted with a two storey house in a hilly landscape, vegetation surrounding, the opposite side with a small island. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Christie's, Amsterdam, 28 April-2 May 1985.
Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Nanking shipwreck.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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 2342
Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Tea Bowl
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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