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LOT 2238
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Group
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 - 6 7/8 in. (1.47 kg total, 16.5-17.5 cm).
Each a deep bowl with reserved floral panels on a dense geometric field, rosette to the centre; some with tendrils to the outer face. [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 2238
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Chinese Han Terracotta Incense Burner with Stand
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £208
Square in plan with raised rim and columnar post to each corner, hollow-formed central drum with radiating points to the upper face. 5 kg, 25 cm wide
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Chinese Tang Terracotta Rhinoceros
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600
Modelled in the round in an alert pose with raised head, flaring nostrils and pricked ears, the folds on the body indicated in red pigment. 5.35 kg, 51 cm wide
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1990s. From a London, UK, collection. Accompanied by thermoluminescence analysis report no.01C26042024 from Laboratory Kotalla. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12453-226134. -
South East Asian Bronze Statuette of a Goddess
Circa 12th-13th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £169
Modelled in the round wearing a tight-fitting ankle-length robe draped over the left arm; tiered headdress and long-lobed ears; hand arms bent and hands raised palm-outwards; mounted on a custom-made stand. 399 grams total, 20 cm high including stand
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
