5 Chinese Hatcher Shipwreck B&w Porcelain Teabowls Auction
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5 Chinese Hatcher Shipwreck B&W Porcelain Teabowls
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Group of five Chinese transitional blue-and-white porcelain tea bowls salvaged from a shipwreck in the South China Sea, late Ming-early Qing dynasty, ca. 1643. Each decorated with flowering orchid plants executed in a calligraphic style in blue underglaze. Each with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark along the underside.

Illustrated in Howard, "Choice of the Private Trader," pg. 172, no. 193 (three).

Provenance: Christie's, Amsterdam, "The Property of Captain Michael Hatcher," 14 March 1984, Lot 386; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff.
Each; height: 2 in x diameter: 3 1/2 in.
Condition
One cup with a hairline crack extending downwards from the upper rim approx. 1.5 inches. One cup with a few small chips to the upper rim. Several very minute fleabite chips throughout the upper rims of the cups. Light wear to the footrims.
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5 Chinese Hatcher Shipwreck B&W Porcelain Teabowls

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Leo & Doris Hodroff Collection: Arts of Asia

Nov 11, 2026, 11:00 AM EST
St. Paul, MN, United States
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