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Osåld

Utropspris

120 000-150 000 SEK

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CHINESE SCHOOL
Circa 1795-1800
The Reach at Whampoa
Oil on canvas, relined, c. 45 x 58.5 cm

The painting shows the Western ships at anchor at Whampoa Reach, flying the Danish, British, Swedish, American, French, Dutch, Prussian and Portuguese flags. From the foreground Dane´s Island, the site of a Protestant cemetery for those Western travelers who perished in the semi-tropical environs of the Pearl River and Canton. On Whampoa Island, bankshalls or warehouses were developed for the trading nations.

PROVENANCE: From a Swedish private collection, purchased in Boston, 1976.

Auktionsnummer:

2011

Datum:

2019-06-13