A Pair of Blanc de Chine Spoons Vung Tau Cargo

With a deep bowl and curving handle

The end of each handle with a applied floral design

Kangxi Fujian C1690

Length; 12.5 cm

Condition; glaze surface degraded

With Christie’s auction label

The Vung Tau was a trading vessel known as a Lorcha which was shipwrecked in 1690 whilst on route from China to Batavia carrying amongst other things a cargo of porcelain.

Christie’s Amsterdam auctioned the salvaged cargo in April 1992