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A 'Nanking Cargo' dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95).

Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
872 - 1 310 EUR
912 - 1 370 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
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Björn Extergren
Stockholm
Björn Extergren
Head of Consignment and Sales Department, Fine Art. Specialist Antique Furniture, Decorative Arts and Asian Ceramics
+46 (0)706 40 28 61
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.