Description: Chinese Shipwreck Blue and White Porcelain Cup and Saucer Set, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period, (1723 - 1735 AD), This delicate tea bowl and saucer were made in about 1725 at a porcelain works in Jingdezhen in southern China. While this blue and white pattern is a Chinese design, some of the other ceramics found in the same shipwreck feature European motifs. Finely-patterned blue and white designs of this era are widely recognised as some of the most beautiful ever made and was far superior to anything that could be produced in the West at the time. It was retrieved from the Ca Mau shipwreck. It’s believed the wreck at Ca Mau was a Chinese merchant’s junk on its way from Canton (Guangzhou) to Batavia when it caught fire and sank in about 1725. The goods on board had been ordered by the merchant for Dutch traders who had limited access to China and its ports.
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