A oil painting by an anonymous artist, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.
View of Boca Tigris, Pearl River with ships and a East Indiaman with a Swedish flag. Relined canvas 46 x 61 cm.
Damages, retouches.
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Boca Tigris or ’Humén’ wich means ‘Tiger gate’ is a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guandong, China, where the Pearl River charges into the South China Sea. Because of its strategic location as a naval gateway to Canton (todays Guangzhou), the strait was early on fortified. Some of the major battles in the First Opium War were fought here.
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