1715 Fleet Kangxi Porcelain Shard — Certificate of Recovery
- Catalogue number: DTR-00034
- Denomination: Porcelain shard
- Mint: Jingdezhen kilns, China
- Monarch: Kangxi era
- Date: c. 1690–1715
- Weight: 3.70 g · 27×24 mm
- Wreck: 1715 Fleet site, Florida coast
- Papers: Certificate of Recovery KC-1229 (Harville & Staley)
Chinese export porcelain that crossed the Pacific on the Manila trade, crossed New Spain by mule, and sank with the 1715 fleet bound for Spain. A certified shard of the china trade the treasure fleets actually carried. The globe, in one fragment.
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Chinese export porcelain that crossed the Pacific on the Manila trade, crossed New Spain by mule, and sank with the 1715 fleet bound for Spain. A certified shard of the china trade the treasure fleets actually carried. The globe, in one fragment.