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CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1860
Portrait of Yeh Ming-Chen (1807-1859), Viceroy of Quandong Province and Commissioner at Canton
oil on canvas(?) laid down on board
11Ω x 8ºin. (29.2 x 20.9cm.)
£5,000-7,000 US$6,200-8,600
€5,700-7,900

PROVENANCE:
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 9 Oct. 1987, lot 41.
The Chinese portraits by Youqua and others of this sitter, the powerful and charismatic Viceroy of Canton, appear to derive from
portraits of Yeh taken by Major Crealock and Emile Roux. The Crealock portrait reportedly sketched from life in Canton on the day
Yeh was captured, when the British took Canton in 1858.

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