Vung Tau Chinese Shipwreck Recovered Cargo Rare Tazza Butterfly Pattern c1690
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Vung Tau Chinese Shipwreck Recovered Cargo Rare Tazza Butterfly Pattern c1690:
$1831.86
Vung Tau Chinese Shipwreck Recovered Cargo Rare Tazza Butterfly Patternc1690This superb Tazza was one of only 42 saleed by Christies Amsterdam on April7th 1992. The foot and stem are decorated with with butterfly separated by floweringpeony and chrysanthemum plants, the exterior rim depicts pendant ferns andpetals, the interior is decorated with a hatcher border and central floral medallionsurrounded by a double lined ring. Bearing the original Christies sale Sticker with Lot number 22 to the stem
Condition: Three areas of professional restoration, rim and foot. Goodcolouration, no other chips, cracks or hairlines.H 14cm W 11cmIf you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. The Vung Tau was discovered in 1989 by a Vietnamese fisherman trawling thesea-bed for shellfish. He was a few miles away from Con Dao Island, which liesroughly 100 nautical miles away south of Vung Tau, when his nets snagged on anobstruction. Con Dao Island was one of the last fresh-water refuelling stopsfor ships making their way to the north-western islands of Indonesia. Of thethousands of ships that would have stopped here, few of the many that wouldhave been lost through monsoons, piracy or fire, have ever been discovered. Theship lay at 120 feet but visibility was poor and diving was hampered by theseasonal monsoons so that it took 2 years to salvage all of 28000 pieces. Theship was an Asian trading vessel, 110 feet long and 33 feet wide and onexamination of the timbers, showed that the vessel had been burned to the waterline. There was little to date the wreck apart from a few coins of the reign ofthe Chinese Emperor Kangxi (1662-1722) and a small Chinese ink stickcorresponding to AD 1690. The Vung Tau was probably destined for the majortrading centre in Java, the city of Batavia (now Jakarta) which was settled bythe Dutch in 1619. The porcelain in this cargo was made within a decade of1683, which is the year historians regard as the official re-opening of China’smajor porcelain kilns, at Jingdezhen after civil war disrupted the industry.Much of the cargo would have likely been bought up by Dutch VOC supercargoes,preparing mixed consignments for the homeward run to Amsterdam or elsewherealong the Netherlandish seaboard.
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Vung Tau Chinese Shipwreck Recovered Cargo Rare Tazza Butterfly Pattern c1690:
$1831.86