5 3/4" Bowl Nanking Cargo Chinese Shipwreck

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Landscape bowl painted in underglaze blue with a central flower and stylized buildings in rocky landscape.topped with criss- cross boarder. This has important Christie's label from the highly publicized auction in 1986.
Size: 5 3/4" diameter at the rim.
Condition: very minor imperfection at the rim, the size of a pin head
THE NANKING CARGO. Fragile treasure from the depths of South China Sea. Some 100,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain, rare gold ingots surface after 235 years packed in tea. It left Canton in 1750 and arrived in Amsterdam in 1985.
The ships name was 'The Geldermalsen' belonging to the Dutch East India Company. She set sail from Canton on December 18th 1751 bound for Amsterdam.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, auctioned by Christies Amsterdam in April 11986

Weight before packing: 400g
 
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Category Antique Ceramics Date 1750  Mid 18th Century Antiques Material Ceramic Origin Chinese Item code as481a161 / 0818b Status Sold

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