Rarity 17C Chinese Porcelain Hatcher Cargo Bowl Red Cliff Story Poem Christies

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Condition Report: Overall Condition Close to perfect, 3 or 4 fritspots to rim. Size 142x61mm DXH

Fantastic and rare piece of the Hatcher Cargo, sold at Christies. In very good condition.

Decorated with an inscription of poem on large part of the outside and depicting a scene on a boat crossing a river, the glaze typically worn. Inside has a 4 character mark Yongle

The Hatcher Cargo was recovered from the wreck of a Chinese junk in the South China seas port of Batavia by Captain Michael Hatcher in 1983. At that time is was the largest cargo of Chinese porcelain ever recovered in good condition from the sea. Captain Michael Hatcher and his crew brought up about 25,000 pieces of unbroken porcelain from the Hatcher junk. Two dated pieces were recovered, they were decorated with the Chinese cyclical date for 1643.

In the fifth year of Emperor Shenzong (神宗)’s Yuanfeng (元豐) reign (1082) in the Northern Song period, more than 800 years after the epic Battle of Red Cliff, the famous poet-official Su Shi and friends made two trips to Red Nose Cliff (赤鼻磯) west of the town Huangzhou (黃州). To commemorate these trips, Su Shi wrote two rhapsodies that would earn him universal praise in the annals of Chinese literature: “Odes to the Red Cliff.” Afterwards, Red Nose Cliff at Huangzhou became known as “Dongpo’s Red Cliff,” which is not the actual place of the battle but not very far from it.

Similar bowls were auctioned here;
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5456652

Pictured in;

The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, Complete record, Sheaf & Kilburn.

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