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THE PROPERTY OF A RHODE ISLAND COLLECTOR
574
CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Whampoa Anchorage, a brass label on the
frame inscribed FONGGUA [sic]
oil on canvas
17Ω x 31 in. (44.4 x 78.7 cm.)
$8,000–12,000
The China Trade artist Fongqua was recorded on
Old China Street circa 1819-20.
575
AN AMERICAN MARKET ARMORIAL
PLATTER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1785
The central coat-of-arms above the inscription
Elias Morgan and in between crossed laurel
branches tied with a gilt bow
14¿ in. (35.8 cm.) wide
$2,000–4,000
From a service made for Elias Morgan of
Hartford, Connecticut (ancestor of J.P. Morgan)
whose brother, John, had ordered a nearly
identical service (with no inscription) that
575 returned from China on the Empress of China,
among the very frst special orders for the new
direct American trade with China.
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