China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

Antique Chinese white glazed bowl, unusually still showing the enamel polychrome decoration to the well and outside of bowl. The Tek Sing or "True Star," which was a large ship for its time. It was made famous by the legendary modern salvager Captain Mike Hatcher who found the ship with the aid of his own ship "The Restless M" along with his historian partner Nigel Pickford. Tek Sing sank in the South China Sea in 1822 after hitting a reef with around 1,600 souls on board aged between 6 and 70 years old, 200 of which were the crew, taking even more lives than the Titanic 90 years later. The Tek Sing was carrying around 350,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain that were sold at the Nagel Auction House in Stuttgart, Germany. The bowl carries the original Nagel Auction sticker Condition: Very Good. Slight manufacture dent to rim. Surface wear. The piece is approx 16 cm in diameter (approx 6¼")

Estimate:$1.12

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