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Two Chinese Export paintings of East Indiamen, Qing dynasty, circa 1800.
Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK
4 700 - 7 050 EUR
5 300 - 7 950 USD
Hammer price
46 000 SEK
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Two Chinese Export paintings of East Indiamen, Qing dynasty, circa 1800.
East India men at sea, measurement each 43x53 cm. With chinese frames of the type used around 1810.
Relined canvas, crazing.
Provenance
Purschased at Bukowskis from the Collection of Esbjörn Kronberg.
Exhibitions
Compare ship portraits of this type represented at the Peabody Essex Museum of Salem.
Literature
Crossman, Carl L, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, compare images on page 113, 117, 120, 121 also depicting distress situation such as ships in typhoons. Many attributed to Spoilum.