Ca Mau Chinese Shipwreck Cargo Baluster Dolls House Vase c1725

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Ca Mau Chinese Shipwreck Cargo Baluster Dolls House Vase c1725:
$205.35

Ca Mau Chinese Shipwreck Cargo Baluster DollsHouse Vase c1725A very pretty baluster vase painted with peony rock design, depicting stylisedflowers and simple line borders. These vases were made to order by the East India Companies and were destinedfor European dolls houses. I know of one at Heydon Hall here in Norfolk which has about a dozen. These canalso be found in the Vung Tau Shipwreck Cargo c1690. I have eleven of these lovely little pieces so they could be purchased as apair of a garniture if so desired.Size: 6.5cmTall If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact. [email removed by ]

Ca Mau Chinese Shipwreck Cargo c1725 Excavationand Recovery: The wreck was discovered by fisherman working off the Ca Mau peninsular whentheir nets snagged on it. When they realised the porcelain was saleable theybegan dredging up as much as possible. Once the Vietnamese Ministry of Cultureand Information realised what was happening they moved in quickly to secure thewreck site. The excavation was lead by the Curator of The National Museum ofVietnamese culture. As you can see by the underside of the piece, not only doesit have the Sotheby’s sale sticker but the reference numbers of theVietnamese conservators. In all, 130,000 pieces were recovered and 76,000 of thefiner condition pieces were selected to be sold by Sotheby’s. The ship was aChinese ocean going junk, almost certainly en route from Canton (now Kuangzhou)to the Dutch trading port of Batavia (now Jakarta). Disaster struck off the CaMau peninsular, there was a fire on board so severe that some of the porcelainwas fused together. There were a few wine cups recovered bearing the mark ofthe Emperor Yangzheng who reigned from 1723 to 1735. By this time tea andcoffee was the rage throughout Europe and the principal traders were the EastIndia Company and the VOC of Amsterdam. With the demand for tea came demand forporcelain by which to drink it and so most of what they imported in these yearwas tea wares. All these shipwrecks like the Ca Mau are regarded as timecapsules packed with information allowing maritime historians andarchaeologists an insight into the life and trade of the time. Here is anopportunity to own a piece of history with a fascinating story.

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