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CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
A VIEW OF WHAMPOA
Oil on canvas

17æ x 30º in. (43.2 x 76.2 cm.), excluding the hardwood frame

$15,000-25,000

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE RHODE ISLAND COLLECTION

237
AN AMERICAN MARKET CENTERPIECE AND COVER
CIRCA 1790-1795
Of unusual form, the neoclassical shield with script monogram NAB

13 in. (33 cm.) high (2)

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE: 237

Probably Nicholas Brown II (1769-1841), Providence, Rhode Island 121
Abigail (Brown) Francis (1766-1821), daughter
John Brown Francis (1791-1864), son
Ann (Francis) Woods (1828-1896), daughter
Abby (Woods) Abbot (1849-1895), daughter
Helen (Francis Woods) Washburn, daughter
By descent to the present owner

In the same pattern as an ‘NAB’ baluster vase that descended to the
Hon. Noreen Drexel and sold Christie’s, New York, 4-5 March
2014, lot 25