Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
A Chinese blue & white porcelain bowl, circa 1643, painted with two phoenix, Chenghua six-character mark to base, Diameter: approximately 7.8 cm. (3 1/16in.)
Notes:
There were relatively very few marked pieces in the Ming Hatcher wreck making it difficult to find available marked pieces.
Provenance:
The Hatcher Cargo 17th-century Chinese porcelain recovered from a sunken Chinese junk in the South China Sea. Salvaged in 1983 by British marine salvor Captain Michael Hatcher, the artifacts date to the late Ming dynasty and transitional period (circa 1643–1646)
Possibly Chongzhen final ruler of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1627 until 1644
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