Two ceramic figures and a bowl, Qing dynasty, for the Southeast Asian market.
Feline figure glazed with brown glaze, seated with its hind leg by its face, height 10.5 cm.
Parrot glazed with green glaze, label marked "Christie's Diana Cargo March 1995 lot 913/4" height 15.4 cm.
Bowl with a shaped rim, white glaze, height 5, diameter 12.2 cm.
Wear. Partially marine find (matte glaze). Chips.
Provenance
From the collection of Cleive Hornstrand and his wife, née Grill, thence by descent.
Partly "The Diana Cargo sale", Christie's Amsterdam, 6-7 March 1995.
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The Diana, a merchant ship of the Honourable East India Company was wrecked in the Malacca Straits on 4 March 1817. She was a Company ship, trading between Canton and India, carrying a cargo of Chinese porcelain, tea and spices. Her porcelain cargo of 24,000 pieces was intended for sale to merchant based in Calcutta, for their own use and for shipment on to England. The salvage expert Dorian Ball worked closely with the Malaysian Government on the retrieval of the cargo of the Diana between 1991 and 1994. The salvage operation was carried out under licence of the Malaysian Government, consequently many of the pieces from the cargo were presented to the Malaysian National Museum and the remainder sold at auction at Christie's Amsterdam.
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