Period:Unknown Production date:1723-1735
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:landscape child mammal
Dimensions:Height: 20 millimetres Width: 130 millimetres
Description:
Hexagonal teapot stand, painted in underglaze blue; part of a ‘Boy on a Buffalo’ pattern blue and white tea and coffee service. A boy riding on the back of a buffalo, another close behind as they pass through a valley landscape, with foothills of mountains in the distance. The service is composed of objects in the series 2007,3004.3 – 2007,3004.34.
IMG
Comments:This is part of a group of objects from the wreck of a Chinese ship, loaded with porcelain in European taste, which was discovered in waters off the southern tip of Vietnam, 90 nautical miles south of Ca Mau. It was first reported in May 1998. Salvage was coordinated between a commercial company and the Vietnamese government who sanctioned the sale in Amsterdam. Three museums in Vietnam made a selection from the wreck, and 76,000 of the remaining 130,000 pieces were sold at Sotheby’s Amsterdam, the remainder staying in public ownership in Vietnam. Most of the cargo was made in Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, Dehua in Fujian and Guangzhou in Guangdong Province.The group of objects 2007, 3004, 3-37 are part of a ‘Boy on a Buffalo’ pattern blue and white tea and coffee service.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:landscape child mammal
Dimensions:Height: 20 millimetres Width: 130 millimetres
Description:
Hexagonal teapot stand, painted in underglaze blue; part of a ‘Boy on a Buffalo’ pattern blue and white tea and coffee service. A boy riding on the back of a buffalo, another close behind as they pass through a valley landscape, with foothills of mountains in the distance. The service is composed of objects in the series 2007,3004.3 – 2007,3004.34.
IMG
Comments:This is part of a group of objects from the wreck of a Chinese ship, loaded with porcelain in European taste, which was discovered in waters off the southern tip of Vietnam, 90 nautical miles south of Ca Mau. It was first reported in May 1998. Salvage was coordinated between a commercial company and the Vietnamese government who sanctioned the sale in Amsterdam. Three museums in Vietnam made a selection from the wreck, and 76,000 of the remaining 130,000 pieces were sold at Sotheby’s Amsterdam, the remainder staying in public ownership in Vietnam. Most of the cargo was made in Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, Dehua in Fujian and Guangzhou in Guangdong Province.The group of objects 2007, 3004, 3-37 are part of a ‘Boy on a Buffalo’ pattern blue and white tea and coffee service.
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