A SET OF FIFTEEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'NANKING CARGO' PLATES

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750

Details

A SET OF FIFTEEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'NANKING CARGO' PLATES
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750
Each painted with the 'boatman and six-flower border' pattern, depicting a fisherman punting in a broad riverscape with a two-storey pavilion beside pine, wutong and rocks on the near bank and a retreat on the other, six floral sprays at the border
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter

Provenance

The Nanking Cargo Chinese Export Porcelain & Gold; sold Christie's, Amsterdam, 28 April - 2 May 1986, various lots including 1715, 1718, 1723, 1730 and 1731.

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Lot Essay

The 'Nanking cargo', was the well-documented VOC ship 'De Geldermalsen' which sunk during her homeward journey in 1752. The contents were salvaged by Captain Michael Hatcher and offered for sale at Christie's Amsterdam in the spring of 1986. Besides some finds of metalwork, bronzes and gold, the amount of porcelain retrieved was spectacular: more than 150,000 pieces and a great variety of shapes of export porcelain was present.

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