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Auction archive: Lot number 73

Chinese School, circa 1828Chinese School, circa 1828The Hongs at Canton with the British and Dutch factories in residence

Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,853 - US$10,471
Price realised:
£6,875
ca. US$8,999
Auction archive: Lot number 73

Chinese School, circa 1828Chinese School, circa 1828The Hongs at Canton with the British and Dutch factories in residence

Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,853 - US$10,471
Price realised:
£6,875
ca. US$8,999
Beschreibung:

Chinese School, circa 1828 The Hongs at Canton with the British and Dutch factories in residence oil on canvas 113⁄8 x 16in. (28.8 x 40.7cm.) The view shows the hongs remodelled after the fire of 1822. The pagoda on Chunqua's factory to the left corner of Old China Street features in a Chinnery sketch dated 1827 and has gone in the 1830s, following Chunqua's bankruptcy and suicide in 1830 (see P. Conner, The Hongs of Canton, Western Merchants in South China 1700-1900, as seen in Chinese export paintings, London, 2009, p.129). The Spanish, American, British and Dutch factories are depicted with flying flags. The factories of Britain and the Netherlands to the east of Hog Lane have projecting porticoes and the pediments are decorated with their country's national arms. To the west of the American factory, separated by New China Street, is the factory of Chungqua. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Auction archive: Lot number 73
Auction:
Datum:
5 Nov 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Chinese School, circa 1828 The Hongs at Canton with the British and Dutch factories in residence oil on canvas 113⁄8 x 16in. (28.8 x 40.7cm.) The view shows the hongs remodelled after the fire of 1822. The pagoda on Chunqua's factory to the left corner of Old China Street features in a Chinnery sketch dated 1827 and has gone in the 1830s, following Chunqua's bankruptcy and suicide in 1830 (see P. Conner, The Hongs of Canton, Western Merchants in South China 1700-1900, as seen in Chinese export paintings, London, 2009, p.129). The Spanish, American, British and Dutch factories are depicted with flying flags. The factories of Britain and the Netherlands to the east of Hog Lane have projecting porticoes and the pediments are decorated with their country's national arms. To the west of the American factory, separated by New China Street, is the factory of Chungqua. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Auction archive: Lot number 73
Auction:
Datum:
5 Nov 2020
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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