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Lot 2006
A Chinese Blue and White Bowl from Tek Sing Shipwreck
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Early 19th century, a bowl decorated with all over thick white glaze with bluish tint and hand painted in blue with petal style decoration with abstract floral sprays, this bowl probably came from the cargo of the shipwrecked Tek Sing boat, that sank in the South China Sea in 1822 and was not discovered again until 1999, museums such as the British Museum in London have similar bowls to this one.

2 3/4, 5 3/4 in. diameter

From the Estate of the late William Donnett, Sanford, North Carolina

Restoration repair to rim.