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LAMQUA (FL. 1820-1860) 林呱（活躍於1820-1860年）
PORTRAIT OF THE HONG MERCHANT 浩官畫像 布本油畫 木框
HOWQUA
來源：
oil on canvas, in the original Chinese carved and gilt frame
28 by 23 cm Martyn Gregory，倫敦
怡和洋行合伙人 Andrew Johnstone 收藏，自1830年代
PROVENANCE 由家族傳承
Martyn Gregory, London. 展覽：
By descent since the 1830s in the family of Andrew
Johnstone, who was the brother-in-law of William Jardine 《遥かなる東洋紀行：ジョージ・チネリーと知ら
and a partner of Jardine Matheson in 1835-1836. れざる19世紀広東・マカオ・香港の美術展》，東
京都庭園美術館，1996年12月7日至1997年2月11日，
EXHIBITED 編號111
Journey to the Far East - George Chinnery and the Art of 出版：
Canton, Macao and Hong Kong in the 19th Century, Tokyo
Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 7th December 1996 to 11th Patrick Conner，〈The China Coast Collection of Tuyet
February 1997, cat. no. 111. Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter〉，《Arts of Asia》
，1996年3/4月，封面
LITERATURE
畫中人應為浩官行商人，嘉道時期之世界首富伍秉鑑
Patrick Conner, ‘The China Coast Collection of Tuyet Nguyet （1769-1843年）或其五子伍紹榮（1833-1856年）。
and Stephen Markbreiter’, Arts of Asia, March-April 1996,
cover.
Howqua refers to the representative of the thirteen
factories among the Guangzhou merchants. The subject
of this portrait is probably Wu Bingjian (1769-1843),
the wealthiest man in the world during the Jiaqing and
Daoguang periods, or his fifth son, Wu Shaorong (1833-1856).
HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,800-10,300

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