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Qianlong Period of Ching Dynasty, 10 Taels Gold Bar, Nanking Cargo,
Weight: 366.3g., Rare
Estimate (RMB): 200,000-300,000
Estimate (USD): 31,250-46,875
Selling Price (RMB): 517,500 |
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VERY RARE 10 Tael Gold Sycee Description: 367.89 gms. Typical shape with
slightly raised ends and ripple pattern on face. Three stamps across face, similar to
those found on ingots from the wreck of the VOC East-Indiaman Geldermalsen except the
stamps on this bar are circular instead of square. No markings on base or sides. The
April 2012 Hong Kong Auction, Stacks, Estimate: $20,000 - $25,000 |
 
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THIS ONE (1) SALVAGED GOLD SYCEE FROM THE SHIPWRECK OF THE DUTCH SHIP
"GELDERMALSEN". THE FINENESS IS 20-22 CARAT PURITY. THIS GOLD SYCEE IS DOUBLE
STAMPED "BAO" WITH A SINGLE STAMPED "GOURD" - "JI YUAN BAO"
>> "HAPPINESS & LUCK OF THE VALUED GOODS/TREASURES". THESE BARS WERE
TRANSPORTED FROM NANKING, A THRIVING CENTER FOR CHINESE PRODUCED GOODS, TO CANTON (THE
BUSTLING SEAPORT) ALONG THE CHINA COAST & LOADED ABOARD THE GELDERMALSEN FOR TRANSPORT
TO THE NETHERLANDS WHICH WAS INDEED A RARE COMMODITY. THE WRECK TOOK PLACE ON THE 55
MINUTE LATITUDE UNDER A MISDIRECTED COURSE PLOTTED & RAN AGROUND ON REEFS, SINKING ON
JANUARY 3, 1752. EIGHTY MEN WERE LOST IN THE WRECK, THIRTY-TWO SURVIVED. THE SHIP BEING
ONLY FOUR YEARS FROM HER "MAIDEN VOYAGE"! http://www.oceantreasures.org/rubrique,geldermalsen,1070661.html
THE SHIP'S BILL OF LADEN REVEALED THAT THERE WERE 147 GOLD SYCEE ABOARD & ONLY 125
WERE RECOVERED, PROVENANCE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THIS PRECIOUS EXAMPLE WHICH WAS FROM
THE CHRISTIE'S "NANKING CARGO" AUCTION HELD FROM >> APRIL 28th THRU MAY
2nd, 1986. HERE IS A LINK TO A RECENT BEIJING AUCTION FOR ONE OF THESE NANKING CARGO 10 -
TAEL IN NOVEMBER , 2011
ebay, nov. 2012, US $68.888,88 Ongeveer EUR 53.286,57, voorstellen, niet verkocht, pisceslunar |