Bowl from the Wreck of the TEK SING--"The Asian Titanic"

Forgive any redundancies but not knowing if someone might only look at one or two TEK SING items I want to ensure the story is listed with each.

The ship was a large Chinese junk cargo/passenger ship. Some accounts list it as 50 meters long while others cite 60 meters. The beam has been noted at 10 meters. This was quite large for the period and it had a crew estimated at 200! It sunk in 1822 while en route from China to what was then known as the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia.

This style of porcelain, each hand painted, was for the Asian market, with the thinking 200 years ago that this style and patterns would not be well received in Europe. The ship was carrying a huge cargo--of both people and porcelain.

The ship was estimated to have some 1,600 Chinese laborers emigrating to Indonesia in hopes of finding work onboard; only about 200 survived the sinking! Consequently it has become known as the "Asian Titanic. The ship was discovered in 1999 and the team doing the salvage estimated that the ship carried 350,000 porcelain items.

Many shipwrecks have been discovered in Chinese and other Asian waters but most are nameless. Tek Sing happened to be one of the few about which facts are known.

This lot is for only the small bowl shown. I had two and one has sold. The cups and saucers are listed for sale as a sepaprate lot following this one. This is the only such bowl available. I was able to obtain what are "Tek Sing Style" bowls from China but modern (20th century). I have listed them at essentially cost--just $40 for the set of four. If you wish to purchase one singly please let me know.

This lot is for the small bowl shown in the photos. It is for the one piece only.