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CHINESE 'NANKING CARGO' PORCELAIN TEABOWLS & SAUCER, Qianlong c. 1752, comprising 'Pagoda Riverscape' pattern blue and white teabowl and saucer (ex. Nanking Cargo part lot 5063), and an 'Imari Pavilion' pattern teabowl (ex. Nanking Cargo part lot 5201) (3)Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam 'Nanking Cargo' sale 28/4/86 - 2/5/86. Imari teabowl purchased from Harrods, 7/6/86; blue & white teabowl and saucer purchased from Spink 1/8/86 (paperwork available on request); private collection South Wales.Auctioneer's Notes: The Geldermalsen built in 1746 was one of the newest and finest Dutch East Indiamen. It is one hundred and fifty feet long and forty-two feet wide. Captain Jan Morel, 33 years old, his many Dutch sailors and sixteen Englishmen set sail from Canton. On Monday January 3rd 1752 the Geldermalsen on its way to Holland hit a reef and sank. The survivors struggle on in a barge and long boat and reach Batavia in eight days. The wreck held a most valuable cargo of tea, as well as Chinese silks and textiles. All now lost. The vast porcelain cargo, as well as gold has survived. Tea was the real reason for the journey, ceramics accounting for only five per cent of the total value. The loss of the Geldermalsen cost the Dutch East India Company 900.000 guilders. However the porcelain from the sister ship the Amstelveen sold for far more than normal because it now carried all the porcelain to be sold in Holland that year.Comments: all retain 1 or 2 labels. Glazes and enamels naturally degraded from seawater.