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Two Chinese Export paintings of East Indiamen, Qing dynasty, circa 1800.

Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK
4 410 - 6 620 EUR
4 600 - 6 910 USD
Hammer price
46 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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.