LARGE TEK SING TREASURE SHIPWRECK GLAZED BLUE AND WHITE BOWL

• A finely-preserved large Qing Dynasty Tek Sing Treasure Shipwreck glazed blue and white bell-shaped bowl with painted flowers to the outer face and circumferential bands to the inner face.With original Nagel Auctions Tek Sing Treasures label to verso (The recovered cargo from the Tek Sing shipwreck was auctioned at Nagel Auctions in Stuttgart, Germany in November 2000, earning over $10 million).
• The Tek Sing (True Star) was a large three-masted Chinese ocean-going junk which sank on 6 February 1822, in an area of the South China Sea known as the Belvidere Shoals. The vessel was 50 meters in length, 10 meters wide and had a burden of about 800–900 tons. The ship was manned by a crew of 200 and carried approximately 1,600 passengers. It is typically known as ``China`s Titanic.``Sailing from the port of Amoy (now Xiamen in Fujian, China), in 1822, the Tek Sing was bound for Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia) laden with a cargo of porcelain goods and 1,600 Chinese immigrants. After a month of sailing, the Tek Sing`s captain, Io Tauko, decided to attempt a shortcut through the Gaspar Strait between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The junk sank in about 30 meters (100 ft) of water.On 12 May 1999, British marine salvor Michael Hatcher discovered the wreck of the Tek Sing in an area of the South China Sea north of Java, east of Sumatra and south of Singapore. It is the largest Chinese wooden shipwreck ever discovered.
• Dated to early 19th century A.D. (pre 1822) (Qing Dynasty)
• Size: 170mm x 170mm x 80mm
• Provenance: Original Nagel Auctions Tek Sing Treasures label to verso. Has been held in the private collection of a prominent collector in Sydney, Australia.
• Condition: This piece is extremely well preserved and remains in excellent condition - refer images.
• Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Internationally recognised BidSafe authentication and verification number: 9378278-13) (SN:9378278-13) (322682-1)

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