Sold Ceramics - Sold Shipwreck Porcelains - The Diana Cargo, 1817 - Page 1

Objects 2011771A/E

Five bowls

China

c.1816

Provenance: The Diana Cargo sale, Christie's Amsterdam, 6-7 March 1995

2011771A: height 81 mm (3.19 inch), diameter of rim 175 mm (6.89 inch), diameter of footring 70 mm (2.76 inch), weight 431 grams (15.20 ounce (oz.))

2011771B: height 75 mm (2.95 inch), diameter of rim 165 mm (6.50 inch), diameter of footring 65 mm (2.56 inch), weight 331 grams (11.68 ounce (oz.))

2011771C: height 70 mm (2.76 inch), diameter of rim 145 mm (5.71 inch), diameter of footring 60 mm (2.36 inch), weight 251 grams (8.85 ounce (oz.))

2011771D: height 57 mm (2.24 inch), diameter of rim 115 mm (4.53 inch), diameter of footring 40 mm (1.58 inch), weight 163 grams (5.75 ounce (oz.))

2011771E: height 45 mm (1.77 inch), diameter of rim 85 mm (3.35 inch), diameter of footring 30 mm (1.18 inch), weight 89 grams (3.14 ounce (oz.))

Five bowls on footrings, straight sides and slightly flaring rims. Decorated in underglaze blue with two tiers of interlocking lotus panels containing alternating lingzhi fungus stems and fruiting peach sprays. Four bowls marked on the base with a seal mark in a double circle, underglaze blue, the smallest bowl has an unglazed base. On all bowls the original "Christie's Diana Cargo March 1995" sale 1157/5 label proving they have been part of lot 1157.

''The Diana'' was owned by Palmer and Co. a powerful Calcutta ship owner and was liscenced by the English East India Company to sail from Calcutta or Madras to Canton, carrying cotton and of course, opium, which was extremely lucrative. The ship would then return to India from China, laden with silks, tea, preserved fruits and thousands of pieces of beautiful blue and white porcelain. Unfortunately The Diana was on one of these voyages when, on the 14th of March 1817, she hit some rocks off the Straits of Malacca and sank. The wreck was identified and recovered in 1994 by Dorian Ball of Malaysian Historical Salvors.

Christie's auctioned the porcelain cargo in Amsterdam in March 1995.

This sale comes with the original Christie's Amsterdam sales invoice for this particlar lot 1157 and the original Christie's Diana Cargo March 1995, auction sales catalogue. 

The original Christie's "The Diana Cargo" sales invoice for lot 1157/5

In total 1,152 bowls with the 'interlocking lotus panels' design, in various sizes were sold divided over the lots: 1042-1060, 1074-1087, 1090-1094, 1097-1099, 1100-1105, 1156-1157 & 1158-1187. (Amsterdam 1995)

Condition:

2011771A: Perfect.

2011771B: Perfect.

2011771C: A hairline to the rim and two chips to the inner footring.

2011771D: Perfect.

2011771E: Perfect.

Reference:

Amsterdam 1995, lot 1042-1060, 1074-1087, 1090-1094, 1097-1099, 1100-1105, 1156-1157 & 1158-1187

Price: Sold.