Description: Nanking Shipwreck Cargo Small 'Blue Pine' Pattern Tea Bowl & Saucer A Nanking Cargo porcelain tea bowl and saucer decorated in the 'Blue Pine' pattern featuring intertwining pine trees on a rocky terrace. This set is the smaller of the two sizes that were salvaged. Christie's labels to the base - both lot number 5577. The tea bowl measures 3.5cm tall and 6.5cm in diameter; the saucer has a diameter of 10cm. The saucer has two small chips to the rim, one with an associated faint hairline and the tea bowl has a little minor fritting to the rim, otherwise the set is in very good condition - please see photos for confirmation. 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: 250 GBP
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
End Time: 2024-01-24T16:06:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: 27.98 GBP
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Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 14 days
Region of Origin: Chinese
Product: Tea bowl & saucer
Age: Pre-1800
Primary Material: Porcelain/ Pottery
Featured Refinements: Nanking Cargo
Original/Repro: Antique Original
Chinese Dynasty: Qing (1644-1911)
