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CANTON SCHOOL (CIRCA 1860) CANTON SCHOOL (CIRCA 1830)
Garden Pavilions Four Buildings in the City of Canton
Gouache on paper, framed and glazed. Ink and gouache on paper, framed and glazed.
29cm (11 3/4in) x 46.5cm (18 1/8in) Each: 37cm (14 1/2in) x 49cm (19 1/4in) (4).
£1,000 - 1,500 £3,000 - 5,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000 CNY27,000 - 44,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000 HK$33,000 - 55,000
343 Provenance
ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 May 1981, lot 148
Whampoa Anchorage Cowdray Family collection
Oil on canvas depicting sailing ships variously flying Dutch, British,
American and French flags moored at Whampoa Anchorage, Dane’s These four leaves are taken from an album of forty scenes reputedly
Island in the foreground and a towered pagoda beyond the fleet, commissioned by the Cowdray family in order to learn more about the
framed. city of Canton.
39cm (15 3/8in) x 26.8cm (10 1/2in)
The labels to the reverse of each frame reading:
£2,500 - 3,500 “No. 8 The Ponyen or Head Constables Resident in the City of Canton”
CNY22,000 - 31,000 “No. 9 Un-Za-Tzu or President of the Gieminal Tribunal/Palace in the
HK$27,000 - 38,000 City of Canton”
“No. 13 The Tsun-Quin or Chief Mandarins Palace in the City of Canton”
“No. 18 A Military Mandarins of the 4th Rank Residence in the City of
Canton”

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