18th Century Teapot from Nanking Cargo Shipwreck

A pair of large blue and white Qing Dynasty plates recovered from the Nanking Cargo. A large cache of porcelain and other merchandise was discovered...

Set of six blue and white Qing dynasty porcelain plates from the Nanking Cargo shipwreck. A large cache of porcelain and other merchandise was discovered on the wreck of a Dutch East India Company ship, the Geldermalsen, which sank in the South China Seas in 1752 and was discovered in 1985. The ship had been bound for Amsterdam from Canton when it crashed into a reef and sank along with its cargo of tea, raw silk, porcelain and gold ingots. Some 235 years after it set out on its journey, the cargo was recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher and sold at Christie's in Amsterdam in 1986. These delicate porcelain plates are decorated in the charming "Boatman and six-flower border" pattern, which shows a fisherman punting his boat within a broad river landscape, with a two-story pavilion beside a pine tree, a Chinese parasol...

17th century Chinese porcelain blue-glazed circular pill box from the Hatcher Collection, painted in different tones of blue with a central prunus flower on a wave pattern ground tha...

Pair of 17th century Chinese porcelain blue and white boxes painted with flowering branches of prunus growing from rockwork. These tiny transitiona...

18th Century Chinese porcelain Famille Rose Teapot with Cover An early Qianlong enameled porcelain teapot with a scene of birds and Peonies in a g...

Three small ceramic bowls, reclaimed from a mid-19th Century shipwreck off the coast of Indonesia. Defying time, these plates were preserved at the bottom of the sea until the late...

A wonderful example of a 17th Century Sawankhalok ceramic jar from the Kingdom of Sukhothai, Thailand. It features a wonderfully subtle turquoise undertone as well as natural marine ...

Beautiful small white porcelain plate decorated with different flowers such as petunias and phlox. Leaves seem to fly. A small plum is hidden on the back of the plate. We discover a work of extreme finesse. The lines are very fine and delicate. The arrival of porcelain in Europe was linked to the development of shipping and international trade. Porcelain was very popular in Europe because of its lightness and durability. The importation from China is linked to the lack of mastery of this technique by the Europeans. The French, Dutch and British East India...