South East Asian Terracotta Mask

Each a rectangular plaque with herringbone borders enclosing a predation scene with a small quadruped lying supine and a larger one standing over it; band of bird-head motifs above. 291 grams total, 11.5 cm long each



Shinya Tagava, Honcho, Tokyo, Japan, pre-1986. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Modelled in the round wearing a tall brim cap, ankle-length robe with long bell-shaped sleeves, proper left arm bent across the chest; standing on a hexagonal-section stepped base; separate posable head. 1.9 kg, 41 cm



From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Comprising six shallow plates with painted flowers and tendrils to the upper and lower face. 2.23 kg total, 18.3-19 cm



Ex Nagel Auction, with official Tek Sing Treasure labels to verso. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Tek Sing shipwreck. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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.