Lot 120

Overall condition good. No visible repairs. Minor chips to the rim of the vase, as well as crazing. Small chips to white kraak type dish rim.


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The collection of the late Patricia Begg, OAM
East and West Art, 1998 (Ming box & Annam jar)
Judith Hardiman, 2010 (Hatcher cargo cup)
Christies, Amsterdam, The Betty Gertz 'Hatcher Cargo' Collection, 1984 (Hatcher cargo cup)

Willows & Windmills; Ceramics and Glass Circle, 1998, no. 5. (Ming box)
Willows & Windmills; Ceramics and Glass Circle., 1998, no. 9. (Annam jar)

The Hatcher Cargo was recovered from the wreck of a Chinese junk in the South China seas port of Batavia (today Jakarta) by Captain Michael Hatcher in 1983, and was later sold in the Netherlands. They were a small part of
what, at the time, was the largest cargo of Chinese porcelain ever recovered in good condition from the sea. Captain Michael Hatcher and his crew brought up about 25,000 pieces of unbroken porcelain from the Hatcher junk which were sold through four sales at Christies Amsterdam.