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A 'Nanking Cargo' dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95).
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10 000 - 15 000 SEK
962 - 1 440 EUR
1 110 - 1 660 USD
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A 'Nanking Cargo' dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95).
Painted with carps and water plants, made circa 1750. Marked with label "Christie's, The Nanking Cargo, lot nr 1503. Diameter 45,8 cm.
Wear, chips.
Provenance
Christie's Amsterdam on 28 April - 2 May 1986 as "The Nanking Cargo. Chinese Export Porcelain and Gold." lot nr 1503.
More information
The Nanking Cargo
On Monday January 3, 1752, the Dutch East India Company, (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) 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.