Tek Sing Shipwreck Cargo Plate

Here we have a piece of Tek Sing shipwreck cargo, the Tek Sing (True Star) was a large three masted Chinese vessel which sank on February 6, 1822 in the South China sea, with the loss of many of the 1600 passengers on board, the ship sank because the captian decided to take a short cut through the Gasper straight and ran aground on a reef, the ship and it's contents lay at the bottom of the sea until 1999 when british marine salvor Michael Hatcher discovered the wreck and it was later raised. The cargo of the Tek Sing was auctioned in at Nagel auctions in Stutgart and this piece carries the original auction sticker.

This piece is a glazed blue and white shallow plate with sloping walls and a central motif of flowers and tendrils border to the rim and tendrils to the outer face, this item has age related nicks.

Size: 160mm diameter

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