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LOT 2098
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate Set
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 - 7 1/4 in. (1.76 kg total, 17.5-18.5 cm).
Each a shallow dish with central frond and flowers motif. [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 2098
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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South East Asian Ban Chiang Period Painted Chalice
Middle Period, 900-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Squat carinated bowl with flared neck and rim atop a trumpet-shaped base, remains of painted interlocking spiral motifs; foot repaired. 879 grams, 16.5 cm high
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.
In Ban Chiang pottery the most common body shape is an ellipsoid form with a rounded bottom covered by a low outflaring pedestal base. The neck variations include a low straight-sided neck and a higher outflaring neck. Body-pedestal juncture and body-neck juncture may be either angular or curved. The same neck variations occur on a globular body, in addition to a composite concave-convex neck form not occurring on the ellipsoid bodies. Again, all examples have low outflaring pedestal bases. -
Chinese Han Kneeling Terracotta Figure
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. or laterEstimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Wearing a floor-length robe and moon slippers, the hands extended forwards from of the sleeves, long hair gathered in knot to the rear; restored. 4.05 kg, 36 cm high
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a model folding chair with back-rest and integral arms, flagon with high-relief detailing and flared base, low arched support. 1.89 kg total, 14-20 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
