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Nanking Cargo "Scholar on a Bridge' Small Sized Bowl browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1900: item # 1152921
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| Nanking Cargo "Scholar on a Bridge' Small Sized Bowl c1750 Size 15cm in diameter. Blue and white freely painted bowl with a scholar crossing a bridge between two rocky islets with a pavilion and retreats beside pine and other trees on the exterior and with a border of trellis pattern in the interior. The Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Story c1750 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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