Ca Mau Chinese Shipwreck Cargo Fallow Deer Tea Bowl and Suacer c1725

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Ca Mau Chinese Shipwreck Cargo Fallow Deer Tea Bowl and Suacer c1725 :
$280.15

Ca Mau Chinese Shipwreck Cargo ‘Fallow Deer’ Pattern Tea bowl and Saucer Dish c1725\'Fallow Deer\' pattern tea bowl and saucer dish painted with a spotted deer beneath a pine tree on a mountain path, a fungus at the edge of the path , both rims with a paralleled border of landscapes, willow and flowers. The bowl with the deer medallion to the interior
The condition of both pieces is good, nice colouration, even glaze, no chips or cracksSize: Saucer dish 12.5cm in diameter Tea bowl 7.5cm in diameter
CaMau Chinese Shipwreck Cargo Excavation and 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 ofthe finer condition pieces were selected to be sold by Sotheby’s. The ship wasa Chinese ocean going junk, almost certainly en route from Canton (nowKuangzhou) to the Dutch trading port of Batavia (now Jakarta). Disaster struckoff the Ca Mau peninsular, there was a fire on board so severe that some of theporcelain was fused together. There were a few wine cups recovered bearing themark of the Emperor Yangzheng who reigned from 1723 to 1735. By this time teaand coffee was the rage throughout Europe and the principal traders were theEast India Company and the VOC of Amsterdam. With the demand for tea camedemand for porcelain by which to drink it and so most of what they imported inthese year was tea wares. All these shipwrecks like the Ca Mau are regarded astime capsules 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.