Nanking Shipwreck Cargo Batavian Bamboo & Peony Pattern Tea Bowl & Saucer

Description: Nanking Shipwreck Cargo Batavian Bamboo & Peony Pattern Tea Bowl & Saucer A Nanking Cargo porcelain tea bowl and saucer decorated in the 'Batavian Bamboo & Peony' pattern, the interiors featuring a double-clump leafy bamboo to the left of a flowering peony, the exteriors under a cafe-au-lait glaze. Christie's auction labels to the base of both pieces (lot number 5243). The saucer has a diameter of 11.5cm, the tea bowl is 4cm tall. Both pieces have a few tiny firing imperfections to the glaze; the glaze to the tea bowl is a little less lustrous than that on the saucer. Please see all photos for confirmation of condition. (Please note - the wooden stand is not included). The Nanking Cargo 1752 On Monday January 3, 1752, the Dutch East India Company ship Geldermalsen, struck a reef on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea. Of the crew 32 survived and 80 went down with the ship and her cargo of tea, raw silk, textiles, dried wares, groceries, lacquer and porcelain. The cargo of Chinese porcelain was originally potted in Jingdezhen, Jiangzi province then shipped to Nanking for delivery to the Geldermalsen for final transportation to the Netherlands. The Geldermalsen struck a reef on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea on January 3, 1752. The cargo was recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher and his team in 1985 and sold by Christie's Amsterdam on 28 April - 2 May 1985 as 'The Nanking Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain and Gold' two hundred and thirty five years later.

Price: 200 GBP

Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

End Time: 2024-02-29T15:37:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 31.64 GBP