Description: Nanking Cargo c1750 Chinese Shipwreck Flying Geese Pattern Dish *Please Note. Christies Sale catalogue not included* hand painted in cobalt blue with a fisherman seated in his boat in a wide river landscape, the near rocky bank with a two storey pagoda beside pine, prunus and wutong, the distant bank with pine and the sky with a flock of geese flying in a V shaped formation below a border of trellis pattern. Size: 17cm in diameter Condition: Minor manufacturing blemishes as visible in the images and video provided. Provenance: The flying Geese pattern can be checked against the Christies Amsterdam sale catalogue of Monday 28th April-Friday 2nd May 1986. In the absence of the Christies auction sticker, scanned pages from the sale catalogue relating to the lots containing the flying geese dishes will be supplied with the sale for additional reference. Worldwide shipping available. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact.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!
Price: 450 GBP
Location: Norwich
End Time: 2025-01-20T11:36:14.000Z
Shipping Cost: 64.93 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 14 days
Primary Material: Porcelain/ Pottery
Sub-Type: Plate
Antique: Yes
Original/Repro: Antique Original
Chinese Dynasty: Qing (1644-1911)
Product: Bowl
Features: Handpainted
Region of Origin: Chinese
Age: Pre-1800
Country of Origin: China
