A Hatcher Cargo Blue and White Wine Cup

The thinly potted cup finely decorated with storks and precious symbols among clouds

Transitional C1643

Lot 454, one of 10

Diameter; 2 5/8″ (6.7 cm )

Condition; perfect, usual glaze slight degradation

This cup is from a wreck of a cargo boat which sunk in 1643

The cargo was salvaged by Captain Michael Hatcher and sold at Christies Amsterdam in 1984

This cargo was very significant in terms of the dating of these late ming