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LOT 2163
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Bowl and Spoon
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 - 4 1/2 in. (127 grams total, 10.6-11.5 cm).
Squat glazed bowl with painted segmented band below the rim; broad-bowled spoon with hooked lug finial. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Nagel Auction, with official Tek Sing Treasure labels to verso.
Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Tek Sing shipwreck.
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.
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LOT 2163
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Bowl and Spoon
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Chinese Glazed Blue and White Jar with Peony
Provincial, 15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A glazed Provincial ceramic footed jar with carinated profile, deep shoulder and narrow raised rim, dense floral motifs. 1.7 kg, 22cm wide
Fine condition.
Collected in the 1990s. Collection of a deceased Japanese gentleman (1970-2010). -
Large South East Asian Bronze Mortuary Vessel
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a broad square base with pelleted rim and foliage in low relief supporting a cuboid block; to three faces, a shallow recess with cadavers and squatting figure with three heads, to fourth face an integral gourd with socketted rim above and central void; to the forward edge of the base a cadaver flanked by two crouching figures with hands raised to their mouths, modelled in the round; to the upper face, four partial cadavers radiating from the centre in low relief, with a sitting figure to each corner with hands raised to the face, wearing a zoomorphic headdress; some traces of gilding. 5.14 kg, 18.5 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Large Chinese Tang Stone Figure
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterEstimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,000
Standing erect wearing a loosely draped pleated garment with beaded swags over the forearms, segmented hairstyle held with a diadem, right arm raised in gesture of reassurance and left hand holding a phial; standing on a lotus-flower base; separate tiered base. 55 kg total, 106.5 cm including stand
Acquired from the London art market in the 2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12458-226320.
