Sellingantiques.co.uk Logo
 4,940 antiques pages browsed today 0 antiques uploaded 29 July
ANTIQUE #SA1166416

Tek Sing Circular Bowl C1822

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Lee Sherman Antiques

A circular bowl salvaged from the Tek Sing, In excellent condition with some light staining and typical small firing flaws to the glaze - please see all photos for confirmation.
 
The Tek Sing
 
The Tek Sing (Chinese, ''True Star'') was a large three-masted Chinese ocean-going junk which sank on February 6, 1822 in an area of the South China Sea known as the Belvidere Shoals. The vessel was 50 meters in length, 10 meters wide and weighed about a thousand tons. Its tallest mast was estimated to be 90 feet in height. The ship was manned by a crew of 200 and had approx. 1600 passengers. The great loss of life associated with the sinking has led to the Tek Sing being referred to in modern times as the ''Titanic of the East''. Sailing from the port of Amoy (now Xiamen in Fujian, People''s Republic of China), the Tek Sing was bound for Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia) laden with a large cargo of porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese immigrants. After a month of sailing, the ...
Antique SA1166416 shown on this page was made in the 19th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
19th Century
Famous inventions historic timeline graphic to help to give historical context to the date of this antique.
CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
LEE SHERMAN ANTIQUES PROFILE PHOTO WHICH LINKS TO DEALER PAGE
Lee Sherman Antiques
Sourcing Beautiful Antiques & Collectables from the past three hundred years!
Hertfordshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07970 618 204
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD