The "boy on a buffalo" pattern blue and white tea and coffee service (69).

AMSTERDAM.- The three-day auction of 76.000 pieces of Chinese export porcelain from the Ca Mau shipwreck, conducted in 5 sessions on 29, 30 and 31 January 2007 at Sotheby’s in Amsterdam, has raised a total of €3,046,716 . This figure more than doubles the pre-sale estimate of €1.4 million for the three-day auction. Proceeds from the sale will be used by the Vietnamese government to fund further salvage operations, and to provide necessary research and display facilities for the items retained. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)