18th C. Chinese Export 'Nanking Cargo' Blue and White Tea Bowl & Saucer, c. 1750

18th C. Chinese Export Christie's 'Nanking Cargo' Blue and White Tea Bowl & Saucer, c. 1750 --> Details & Specifications 18th C. Chinese Export Christie's 'Nanking Cargo' Blue and White Tea Bowl & Saucer, c. 1750Lot 604 - CHRISTIE'S LOT 5064, THE 'PAGODA RIVERSCAPE' PATTERN, LARGE SIZE, BLUE AND WHITE TEABOWL AND SAUCER painted at the right with a double-roofed pagoda on a rocky riverbank dividing straggling leafless trees and shrubs, an island appearing in the background at the left, below a band of trellis-pattern at the rim, the bowl with the scene on the exterior, circa 1750. The tea bowl 2 7/8 in. (7.5 cm) diameter, the saucer 4 5/8 in. (12 cm) diameter.On Monday January 3, 1752, the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) ship Geldermalsen, with cargo holds full of Chinese goods loaded in Canton, struck a coral reef on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea. The Geldermalsen was one