Beautiful matching c1730 porcelain CUP AND SAUCER from CA MAU shipwreck Chinese

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Beautiful matching c1730 porcelain CUP AND SAUCER from CA MAU shipwreck Chinese:
$105.39

This is a beautiful condition cup and saucer with no damage or cracks . It was recovered from the CA MAU shipwreck , a Chinese Junk which sunk off VIETNAM 1723-35 and still bears the sale stickers from Sothebys of Amsterdam . This comes complete with a certificate of authenticity together with a photo of the items referenced to the actual certificate .

CA MAU Shipwreck Chinese Junk c1730

On 29th-31st January 2007,in the sale rooms of Sotheby\'s, Amsterdam, the sale of 76,000 pieces of oneof the largest and most evocative shipwrecks was sold. This Blue and WhiteChinese Porcelain went under the hammer for $3,000,000, which had been lost forthe last 280 years on the bed of the South China Sea in an area known as CaMau.

Europe in the early 1800\'shad become very passionate about Chinese porcelain along with their insatiableappetite for tea, coffee and chocolate. England and the Netherlands were themain importers of tea and with it came hundreds of thousands of tea wares fromwhich to drink it. The porcelain would have acted as the ballast, with the teaand the silk, another commodity in high demand, on top.

China was largely closed toforeign trade but due to the demand from Europe for tea, silk and its finewhite porcelain, a port at Canton was opened. The port served the English,Dutch, Scandinavian, French and Armenian traders, and a number of Chinese junkswhich would ferry goods, including porcelain to ports in the South China Sea.These cargoes would be sold and shipped on the long journey round Africa backto Europe.

This Junk, as the expertshave deduced, was on its way from Canton (now Guangzhou) to Batavia (nowJakarta). A ferocious fire caused the junk to sink. The cargo lay on the seabed for the next 280 years. The porcelain had been made in the kilns ofJingdezhen, the city where all the Chinese Imperial porcelain was produced andtherefore associated with the finest of Chinese porcelain, the pieces are inremarkably good condition. It was the local Vietnamese fishermen who firststarted illegal dredging of the cargo but after reports in a local newspaperthe Vietnamese Government mounted a full-scale operation to recover all thecargo, and after two years of bad weather conditions, strong currents andtechnical problems, the cargo was finally recovered and sold at the worldfamous saleeers Sotheby\'s

The quality of the 300 yearold porcelain is quite remarkable considering it has been on the seabed allthose years

On 07-Dec-17 at 21:44:49 GMT, seller added the following information:

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