
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