Tea bowl with cover and saucer, from the Vung Tau shipwreck, c. 1690
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Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 007
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About this Item
Tea bowl with cover and saucer, from the Vung Tau shipwreck, c. 1690
tea bowl height: 10cm; diameter: 8,5cm; saucer diameter: 12,5cm
Provenance
Recovered from the wreck of the Vung Tau.
Lot 231, Vung Tau Cargo, Christies Amsterdam, April 1992.
Private Collection.
Notes
Each painted with eight panels of stylised wisteria and pine.
The Vung Tau cargo was recovered in 1992 from a shipwreck discovered off the coast of southern Vietnam. The vessel is believed to have sunk around 1690 while transporting a cargo of Chinese export porcelain from the Kangxi period. The ceramics reflect the extensive maritime trade networks of the late 17th century and were later dispersed through international auctions following their recovery.
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