Description: Nanking Shipwreck Cargo Large 'Scholar On Bridge' Bowl A Nanking Cargo bowl decorated in the 'Scholar on Bridge' pattern featuring a scholar crossing a bridge between two rocky islets with a pavillion beside pine and other trees. Measures 9cm tall and 18.5cm in diameter (three sizes of this bowl were salvaged - this is one of the large sized bowls), Christie's auction label to the base (lot number 2749). There are a few tiny patches of missed glaze near the outer rim, two faint hairlines and a small rim frit, otherwise in very good condition with typical small firing flaws. Please see all photos for confirmation of condition. 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: 400 GBP
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
End Time: 2023-09-06T16:33:59.000Z
Shipping Cost: 101.71 GBP
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Primary Material: Porcelain/ Pottery
Original/Repro: Antique Original
Chinese Dynasty: Qing (1644-1911)
Product: Bowl
Featured Refinements: Nanking Cargo
Region of Origin: Chinese
Age: Pre-1800
