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CHINESE GROUP OF TEK SING DECORATED PORCELAIN VESSELS Circa late 19th century AD. A mixed group of ceramic items from the vessel Tek Sing , shipwrecked on 6th February 1822 (found and salvaged 1999): one plain pale blue bowl; one pale blue bowl with dark blue agricultural scene; one small dish with dark blue geometric designs; one shallow dish with figural scene; two shallow dishes with central spiral motif and segmented rotating patterns; one large dish with geometric design to the outer edge; one pale blue covered dish with embossed foliage design and similar vessel within. Ceramic, 2.7 kg, 6-28 cm diameter. Mainly very fine condition, complete. [9] Provenance Some items bearing the Stuttgart auction sticker. Footnotes The Tek Sing (meaning True Star) was sailing from Amoy to Jakarta in early 1822 with a large cargo, 200 crew and 1,600 chinese passengers when she was shipwrecked on a reef with only about 200 lives saved. This disaster has been called the 'Titanic of the East' due to the very high loss of life. The site was discovered in the South China Sea by Mike Hatcher and his team in 1999. The ensuing months saw what has been described as the largest quantity of Chinese porcelain ever recovered, and much was sold in Stuttgart at auction in November 2000.