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Pair of Large "Leaping Boy" Plates from the Nanking Cargo Shipwreck

$2,250per set

£1,700.57per set

€1,959.97per set

CA$3,174.75per set

A$3,498.80per set

CHF 1,831.74per set

MX$42,976.27per set

NOK 23,016.16per set

SEK 21,541.29per set

DKK 14,633.92per set

About the Item

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 on the wreck of a Dutch East India Company ship, the Geldermalsen, which sank in the South China Sea in 1752 and was discovered in 1985. These plates are decorated in the "Leaping Boy" pattern, which depicts two figures and a pavilion underneath pine trees, with a rock formation in the distance, and with three exuberant sprays of flowers around the rim. The glaze remains shiny, and the blue is a deep cobalt. The plates appear to have been painted by two different artists, as one is rendered in darker, bolder brushstrokes, while the other is more delicate and paler, with a lighter touch. There are subtle differences in the interpretation of the pattern as well: The bolder plate shows a figure standing in the doorway of a pavilion watching the other spin around and dash off, as evidenced by the flying hem of his coat, while the lighter plate has the figure in the pavilion crouching in the doorway, while the other, arms outstretched, seems to be turning back towards him. 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. The set has its original Christie's Amsterdam sale label reading "The Nanking Cargo" and stamped with lot number 4605. Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, The Nanking Cargo, April 28-May 2, 1986, lot no. 4605. Published in The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record, by Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn (1988), pictured on p. 120.

Dimensions:
Height: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)Diameter: 11.2 in (28.45 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
China
Period:
1750-1759
Date of Manufacture:
1751
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. One of the plates is in excellent condition apart from a few minor frits on the rim; the other has a chip, from which there is a crack of approximately 1.3 inches.
Seller Location:
Atlanta, GA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU7220241322222

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