TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS.

Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644.

The sides of one decorated with a scrolling pattern, the other with flames, the flat top of each with a fan-shaped panel enclosing a landscape scene, 2.8cm H. (4)

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, Hatcher Collection, June 1984 [label].

明崇禎 青花繪山水圖紋圓形蓋盒兩件

來源：1984年3月14日，Hatcher收藏專場拍賣（標籤）。

Chinese porcelain from shipwrecks tell an important story and three major shipwrecks of wares gave important information on wares of the 17th and 18th Centuries. The first cargo to come to market was the Hatcher Cargo, sold over several auctions in Christie`s Amsterdam in 1984 and 1985. Two porcelain covers dated 1643 helped to date the wreck but this needed corroborating to give a firm date of the wreck and its cargo. The romance of lost treasures recovered from the sea helped catch the public imagination and the Hatcher Cargo sale which achieved a record result at the time of 13.2 million USD.

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