Tea bowl and saucer, hard paste porcelain, decorated with cobalt blue Pagoda, trees and rocks and diaper border, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, c1751
the tea bowl and saucer were among more than 150,000 porcelain items salvaged in 1985-86 from the Dutch cargo ship, the Geldermalsen, which sank in the South China Sea in 1752 en route to the Netherlands; the so-called 'Nanking Cargo' was sold by Christies Amsterdam in April to May 1986; tea bowl and saucer were lot no 5064
the tea bowl and saucer were among more than 150,000 porcelain items salvaged in 1985-86 from the Dutch cargo ship, the Geldermalsen, which sank in the South China Sea in 1752 en route to the Netherlands; the so-called 'Nanking Cargo' was sold by Christies Amsterdam in April to May 1986; tea bowl and saucer were lot no 5064
