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ATTRIBUTED TO YOUQUA (ACT.1840-
1870)
Interior Portraits
Oil on canvas, giltwood frames, on the back
red printed labels reading Youqua Painter/Old
Street No. 34. Each: 23cm (9in) x 27cm (10
5/8in). (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 29,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
The artist Youqua had premises at No.34,
Old Street, presumably Old China Street,
Canton, and also at No.107, Queen’s Road.
He and his studio were responsible for
a variety of high quality export paintings,
including views of Hong Kong harbour and
other treaty ports.

Compare with a larger set of four interior
scenes by Youqua sold at Christie’s Paris, 20
June 2017, lot 87

727
AFTER GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE, PARIS
JARDIN DE FLORE, 1977
Palaces, Pavilions and Gardens at Yuan Ming
Yuan
Comprising: ‘no. 12: Eastern view of Hall
of Calm Seas (Haiyantang)’; and ‘no. 17:
Frontal view of the Gate to Perspective Hill
(Xianfashanmen)’; two prints depicting views
of the Summer Palace, after the Castiglione
original, each framed and glazed.
50.5cm (19 3/4in) x 88cm (34 3/4in) (2).
£800 - 1,200
HK$7,800 - 12,000
727 CNY7,100 - 11,000

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