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Made in Imperial China: 76,000 Pieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ca Mau Shipwreck, Circa 1725, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 29,30 & 31 January 2007
Sotheby's Amsterdam. 2007. Soft cover. Book, English text; Paperback; 276 pages, 1208 lots with colour illustrations; 21.9 x 27.2 cm; 1.3 Kg; Auction catalogue from Sotheby's Amsterdam sale on the 29, 30 & 31 January 2007.; Used with signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Tear on the bottom of the spine. The front and back cover have signs of have been slightly bent. Edge wear. Signs of wear on the interior. Good condition overall.; SCARCE.; Articles by Dr. Nguyen Dinh Chien, Paul A. Van Dyke and Prof. Dr. Christiaan J.A. Jorg; The 1208 lots in this sale have been immersed in the South China Sea for nearly 280 years and then recovered from the shipwreck in 1998. "The CA MAU SHIPWRECK was salvaged in 1998/9 by the Vietnam Salvage Company (Visal) off the coast of Ca Mau Province in southern Vietnam after two fisherman found Chinese porcelain objects in the vicinity. An extensive maritime archaeological expedition yielded much unique information. It was clear that the vessel, measuring about 23 by 8 meters, was heading south-east when it caught fire and sank. Unfortunately, most of the timber had rotted, and the remaining fragments were insufficient for the origin of the ship to be established with any certainty. In all, about 130.000 pieces of porcelain were retrieved from the site, indicating that porcelain was the main cargo. Some pieces bear the four or six-character mark of the Qing emperor Yongzheng, regnant between 1723 and 1735 (lots 109-111). This establishes an ante quem date for these objects: they cannot have been made before 1723 when Yongzheng succeed his father, Emperor Kangxi, who reigned from 1662 to 1722. (.) To conclude, the Ca Mau cargo offers a wide variety of beautiful pieces for different markets, it poses some interesting questions and adds greatly to our knowledge of the inter-Asian porcelain trade in the Yongzheng period." excerpt from the article by Prof. dr. Christian J.A. Jorg. Good/No Jacket.
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