清代乾隆时期十两金条。367.72克。中心戳记"元记"，两侧戳记"宝"。1752年，荷兰商船"盖尔德马尔森号" (Geldermalsen) 从广州十三行满载货物回国，在南中国海触礁沉没，80位船员葬身大海，只有32人获救。这次海难使荷兰东印度公司损失了价值80万荷兰盾的船货。根据海牙国家档案馆保存的清单，船上货物包括：147块十两金条或元宝，数十万件中国瓷器，茶叶、纺织品、漆器等不计其数。1986年，英国潜水员发现了这艘沉船，船货于同年在荷兰阿姆斯特丹佳士得 (Christies) 拍卖。此拍品配有佳士得搭配的木盒及拍品编号标签#1852。
CHINA. Gold 10 Tael Ingot, ND (ca. 1750). EXTREMELY FINE。367.27 gms. "Yuan Ji" (private bank name) at center, "Treasure" at either end, bottom stamped twice. Pedigreed to the "Nanking Cargo Wreck". The Dutch merchant ship VOC Retouschip Geldermalsen - built in 1742 - foundered on a coral reef in the South China Sea in 1752, killing 80 of the crew with only 32 surviving. A total of over 800 thousand Gulden in commodities was lost; 147 10 Tael gold bars, over 100,000 pieces of Chinese blue and white porcelain as well as tea, spices, textiles, lacquer wares and other trade goods. The wreck was recovered in 1986 by English divers and auctioned later that year by Christies Amsterdam. This piece includes the original Christies box lot numbered 1852。
