Do you believe it, I’m holding a precious and authentic ceramic from Ming dynasty?
Thanks to my cameraman, Marcus!
Today I was at D7 Sentul again to sell my book, “The Scissor Sharpener’s Daughter.” The event was a talk, “Wanli Shipwreck Treasure of the South China Sea” by Ben Rongen. Besides my book, my author friend, Dennis De Witt’s books were on sale too.
The talk was a very interesting one. Merchant ships from China during the Ming Dynasty were sunk off the Peninsular Malaysia’s east coast during the 17th century while on the way to Malacca. Cargo of Ming’s white and blue ceramic went down the sea and stayed there for more than 400 years before being discovered by a team of divers.
Today, some of these pieces were on displayed at D7 Sentul. I was so excited to hold these rare, precious and historical items in my hands! Thank you, Ben Toh, for organizing this memorable event.
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In a deep figurative and spiritual sense, the Chinese East Asian Diaspora Ancestors and Descendants are ship-wrecked and wretched as the sunken treasures of the finely divine Porcelin Pieces of the Ming and Tang Dynasties,except that their historical value and preservation must come if at all by the oral and written annals of their fantastic journeys to the South Seas-Nanyang leh !Vive La Joie de Vivre Le Chinois Libre !
Gerald Heng Sr.Washington DC, USA .
Glad you met Ben Rongen, old friend I met in 1995!