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Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Nanking Cargo Shipwreck Bowl
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DETAILS
A small antique Chinese Export bowl of round form on a ring foot, in blue and white encircled with a landscape of trees, a figure on a bridge and pagoda buildings.
MARKS
Auction sticker: Christie's / Lot 3119 / The Nanking Cargo.
PROVENANCE
Christie's Auction (Amsterdam, April-May, 1986), Lot 3119. Recovered from the Dutch East India Company ship Geldermalsen, which sank near Java in 1751 and was salvaged in 1985 by a team led by British expert, Captain Michael Hatcher. Over 150,000 pieces of blue and white porcelain were excavated.
PERIOD
Qianlong (1736-96) | Mid 18th century
DATE
Circa 1750
DIMENSIONS
Width 6 Depth 6 Height 2.75 inches
CONDITION
Note: very small chip (rim).
