Tek Sing Chinese Shipwreck Cargo c1822 Olive Glazed Lion Bowl Marine Art

An olive glazed circular bowl and cover of bombe form with a horizontal ridge at the mouth.
The matching cover has been made with an amusing stylised lion knop.
The glaze covers the interior entirely but stops short of the unglazed foot and cover rim.

This is a rare example. I have only ever had two of these and this one has a large amount of interesting marine encrustation, especially to the underside of the lid and pot.

Overall size: Height: 13.2cm  Diameter: 13.3cm

Provenance:  This piece can be cross checked with the original Nagel Auctions Tek Sing Treasures auction catalogue, sale date 17th November 2000.

Scanned copies relating to this dish will be supplied from the sale catalogue that I own.

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The Tek Sing (True Star) was a large ocean going Junk, 60 meters in length.
She set sail from Amoy harbour in China, bound for Batavia (now Jakarta) on the island of Java.
On board were merchants, crew and 1600 passengers, bringing the total close to 2000 people.
The cargo holds were packed with over 300,000 pieces of porcelain, along with black and green teas, raw silk, bamboo furniture, mother of pearl, tortoiseshell and medicinal herbs.
About two weeks into the voyage, the Captain attempted a shorter route through the treacherous Gaspar Strait and on the evening of February 5th, the Tek Sing ran aground on the Belvidere Reef and sank with a loss of almost 1800 lives (more than the Titanic).
Its incredible cargo of porcelain has been the largest and most varied recovered. It was auctioned in Stuttgart, Germany over a ten day period in November 2000.
The treasure was salvaged by Captain Michael Hatcher, the most successful underwater treasure hunter of our time. He has raised a number of precious cargoes from exotic locations which included the legendary Nanking Cargo in 1986.