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LOT 2122
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Set
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 - 6 1/2 in. (1.57 kg total, 16-16.6 cm).
Each with concentric bands of blue hatching and scrolling, central rosette. [6, 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 2122
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Chinese Blue and White Oval Platter
Circa 1750 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Chinese export Batavian rimmed platter (meat plate, serving dish or small charger) decorated with a landscape ('Willow Pattern') with outer border of diamond diaper with four large flower scrolls and the corners with ribbon scrolls, produced during the reign of the Emperor Qianlong 乾隆 (1736-95) in the Qing dynasty 清代. 1.48 kg, 39 cm
Ex Scott family collection by descent. -
Chinese Tang Terracotta Courtly Lady
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Sitting on a low folding chair, with elaborately dressed hair and blusher on her cheeks, wearing a draped robe with green floral detailing, cloud slippers emerging from beneath the hem; arms raised within the sleeves exposing her delicate hands; puppy at her foot. 1.6 kg, 29 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C122k22 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12447-226143. -
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Large Hoi An Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Bowl with Bird
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With thick basal ring and steppe rim, band of curled tendrils surrounding a scene with bird in flight landing on a twig. 938 grams, 24.3 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.
