Bowl from the 'Nanking Cargo'
Production: Unknown
Bowl, porcelain, painted with landscape scene in underglaze blue.
History note: Geoffrey Hinton; beuqathed to The Fitzwilliam Museum
Bequeathed by Geoffrey Hinton
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2020-04-27) by Hinton, Geoffrey
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1745
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1752
This bowl was part of the so-called 'Nanking Cargo', a large quantity of Chinese ceramics made in Jingdezhen for export to the Netherlands. The ceramics were shipped to Nanking and loaded onto the VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) vessel, Geldermalsen, for final transportation to the Netherlands. On 3 January 1752, Geldermalsen struck a reef on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea, with her cargo of tea, textiles, groceries, lacquer, and porcelain, as well as 80 sailors of the 112 who had begun the journey. The cargo was recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher and his team in 1985 and sold by Christie's Amsterdam between 28 April and 2 May 1985.
Accession number: C.6-2020
Primary reference Number: 243226
Entry form number: 512
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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