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*72
                                                              CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1880
                                                              The Inner Harbour at Macao
                                                              oil on canvas
                                                              18 x 23Ωin. (45.7 x 59.7cm.)
                                                              £15,000-20,000                      US$19,000-25,000
                                                                                                     €17,000-23,000
                                                              There is a similar view of Macao's 'Porto Interiore', wider in format, and
                                                              probably by the same Chinese hand, in the Hardy Collection, for which see P.
                                                              Conner, Paintings of the China Trade: The Sze Yuan Tan Collection of Historic
                                                              Paintings, Hong Kong, 2013, p.43, no.30.


                                                              *73
                                                              LAMQUA (FL.1820-1860), AFTER GEORGE CHINNERY
                                                              A Sampan Girl of Macao
                                                              oil on canvas
                                                              16º x 13Ωin. (41.3 x 34.2cm.)
                                                              £7,000-10,000                        US$8,700-12,000
                                                                                                      €7,900-11,000
                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 17 June 1999, lot 114.
                                                              The present lot is a copy of Chinnery's picture of the same size in the
                                                              collection of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (for which
                                                              see G.H.R. Tillotson, Fan Kwae Pictures, The Hongkong Bank Art Collection,
                                                              London, 1987, p.22, no.24).
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