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LOT 2158
Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Plate
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
9 3/8 in. (587 grams, 23.7 cm).
Glazed dish with tendrils and flowers to the outer face, dense floral pattern to the tondo; supplied with a display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market.
From a family collection of a North American gentleman living in the UK.
Footnotes
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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