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LOT 2376
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Bowl Set
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (1.2 kg total, 12.7 cm).
Each footed with painted blue floral motifs and circumferential lines, design to inner centre and signature to underside. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Nagel Auction, with official Tek Sing Treasure labels to veso.
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 2376
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Bowl Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Chinese Tang Glazed Dish
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Broad profile with cream glaze and everted rim, low basal ring. 233 grams, 15 cm
Ex W.C. collection, UK. -
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Lidded Box Collection
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising three powder boxes with painted floral motifs to the lid and body. 251 grams total, 56 mm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau. -
Chinese Tang Terracotta Riding Court Lady
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
The horse in advancing pose with one foreleg raised, copious flowing mane; the female rider with upright posture, wearing an ankle-length robe with long bell sleeves, scooped shoulder panels and raised collar, white underdress with long tubular sleeves, hair piled in an elaborate bun. 6 kg, 51.5 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.12C26042024 from Laboratory Kotalla.
