A SMALL CHINESE CIRCULAR BLUE AND WHITE BOX AND COVER.

Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period, circa 1635-1644.

Decorated with a band of lotus scroll around the exterior and rounded cover which has a circular roundel with a small incised hole to the centre around another small band of foliage, 4cm diameter. (2)

Provenance: Christie’s Amsterdam, Hatcher Collection, 14 March 1984.

明崇禎 青花繪蓮紋圓形蓋盒

來源：佳士得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 about pieces from 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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