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Nanking Cargo "Bamboo & Peony" Tea Bowl & Saucer c1750 browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1900: item # 1146019
Roger Bradbury Antiques Skeyton Lodge, Skeyton +44(0)1603737444 Guest Book £350.00 P&PUK£10.00 P&PInternational£12.00 |
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| Batavian Bamboo and Peony pattern tea bowl and saucer, painted with a double clump of leafy bamboo to the left of a cluster of peony flowers. The exterior is cafe au lait (Batavian) glaze. Size, Tea bowl, 7.5 cm. Saucer, 11.5 cm. This item comes complete with its original Christies lot sticker (as shown in the photographs). The condition and glaze is very good, but as these pieces have lain on the sea bed for 300 years, some minor abrasions, or loss of glaze shine may be expected but this simply adds to the rich character and history of the piece. Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Story The Nanking cargo is the most famous of the shipwreck cargoes. It attracted world wide media attention when it was auctioned by Christies Amsterdam in April 1986.The ships name was 'The Geldermalsen' belonging to the Dutch East India Company. The (VerenigdeOostIndische Compagnie (V.O.C). She set sail from Canton on December 18th 1751 bound for Amsterdam. The valuable cargo consisted of over 160,000 pieces of porcelain, tea, raw silk, textiles and one hundred and forty five gold ingots. On January 3rd 1752, after 16 days sailing the Geldermalsen hit a reef and sank in the South China Sea. The cargo was recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher and his team in 1985-86, shipped to Amsterdam and sold two hundred and thirty four years late! I spent four days viewing the porcelain in order to select the nicer pieces. The auction which made £10,000,000 was one of the most fascinating I have ever been to, attracting very many bidders from all over the world both in room and on the telephone, everyone wanted a piece of the Nanking Cargo! | ||||||
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