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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).