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Attributed to Studio of Three albums of Chinese Export Two China trade paintings
Namcheong (active 1840-1870) pith paper paintings 19th century
Nine-stage pagoda at Whampoa 19th century Gouache on pith paper; one depicting the
Oil on paper, laid on board, framed and The first album bound in leather with foreign factories at Canton, c.1830-1848; the
glazed. impressed gilt monogram ‘C.A.R’, containing other with a view of Whampoa anchorage,
38cm (15in) x 50.5cm (19 7/8in) twenty-four large pith paper paintings Macau, Bocca Tigris.
variously depicting birds and flowers, court 26.3cm (10 3/8in) x 16cm (6 1/4in) and
£700 - 900 personage, entertainers and narrative scenes; 26.7cm (10 1/2in) x 17cm (6 5/8in) (2).
CNY6,600 - 8,500 HK$8,300 - 11,000 the second album with twelve leaves of typical
court men and women; the third with twelve £600 - 800
For a comparable oil paintings by the artist leaves depicting musicians, entertainers CNY5,700 - 7,600 HK$7,100 - 9,500
Namcheong (fl.1840-70) see C. Grossman, and leisured individuals; together with a
Decorative Arts of The China Trade, printed Christmas card from Mr. & Mrs. G. The View of the Hongs can be dated quite
Woodbridge 1991, p. 138, pl.56 and another Eumorfopoulos. closely thanks to the presence of the ‘British
identical composition sold in these salerooms, The largest paintings: 33cm (13in) x 21cm (8 garden’, which was a 1930s innovation and
Bonhams 12/12/07 lot 46. 1/4in) (48). can be identified by its proximity to the Dutch
factory, and the absence of the church that
£1,500 - 2,500 was built in 1948 near these premises, as
CNY14,000 - 24,000 HK$18,000 - 30,000 reported by D. S. Howard, A Tale of Three
Cities, Sotheby’s 1997, p. 34.
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