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LOT 2112
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Group
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (1.04 kg total, 15 cm each).
Each a shallow dish with carinated profile, central floral motif. [5, 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 2112
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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South East Asian Ceramic Funerary Mask
4th-3rd century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Slightly curved trapezoid shape with two eye-holes and incised stylised facial details; pierced at the outer edges for attachment. 228 grams, 17.7 cm
Acquired on the Asian art market. Ex property of a gentleman collector since before 2017. -
Chinese Han Terracotta Figure
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Modelled in the round standing figure in knee-length tunic and riding boots, with a tambour at his waist. 293 grams, 19 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Large Hoi An Shipwreck Glazed Polychrome Dish Pair
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Both with polychrome floral motifs to the inner walls and petal design to the outer walls, a large central flower motif enclosed in trailing leaves. 1.18 kg total, 22.2-22.5 cm
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.
