Fabric clad box accompanies the set. Diameter 6,6 cm resp. 10,6 cm.
Cracks. Insignificant chip.
Made in Imperial China. Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ca Mau shipwreck, circa 1725 sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 29, 30 & 31 January 2007.
The Ca Mau shipwreck, a Chinese ocean going junk, probably en route from Canton to the Dutch trading port of Batavia (Jakarta).
In all, 130,000 pieces were recovered and 76,000 of the finer condition pieces were selected to be sold as 'Made in Imperial China. 76,000 pieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ca Mau Shipwreck, circa 1725' by Sotheby’s Amsterdam on 29, 30 & 31 January 2007.