LOT 1695 Chinese Tek Sing Blue and White Shipwreck Bowl
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19th century AD. A blue-glazed bowl with flared rim and shallow basal ring; painted blue landscape scene to the outer face; collection sticker to base. 256 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). From a North London collection; acquired on the UK art market. The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter. [No Reserve]
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