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VIEW OF THE PRAYA GRANDE, MACAU
QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1850

Chinese School, oil on canvas, the painting depicting
the view from south to north, with the Fortaleza do
Monte in the center, St. Paul’s Church, the Palacio and
the East India Company headquarters, further right
on the highest point is the Guia Fortress, the tranquil
bay with trading and shing vessels plying the shallow
waters of the bay, framed
Height 17 in., 44.4 cm; Width 30½ in., 77.5 cm

Macau was the oldest European settlement in China,
leased to the Portuguese by the Ming emperor Jiajing
(r. 1522-1567) in 1557. The Praya Grande was the
principal waterfront promenade and its distinctive
curving shoreline, with is dense rows of Western-style
buildings, was among the most popularly depicted port
views. The present vantage point is rare as most artists
recorded the view of the harbor from north to south.

$ 20,000-30,000

1850

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VIEW OF WHAMPOA ANCHORAGE
QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1840

Chinese School, oil on canvas, depicting an anchored
American three-masted ship, and various junks
and sampans ferrying people and cargo, foreign
warehouses seen in the background, framed
Height 13 in., 33 cm; Width 18½ in., 47 cm

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 10th April 1986, lot 43.

$ 6,000-8,000

1840

1986 4 10 43

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H. GLOVER

PAIR OF PAINTINGS OF ELEGANT
LADIES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Chinese school, oil on canvas, both interior scenes,
the rst, depicting a woman seated languidly before
a mirror arranging an elaborate coi ure, the second
portraying a woman standing holding a long pipe in one
hand, gazing towards a small cat nestled on a nearby
seat, the other hand raised and poised charmingly
alongside one cheek, framed (2)
Height 12 in., 30.5 cm; Width 9½ in., 24.1 cm

$ 7,000-9,000

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