Beschreibung:

Chinese School. Profile view of a Chinese Junk, circa 1820s-30s, pen, black ink and watercolour on laid paper, some light soiling to margins, sheet size 19 x 30.5 cm (7.5 x 12 ins), together with another pen, black ink and grey wash drawing of a Chinese junk under sail, on wove paper, both unsigned, sheet size 21 x 30.5 cm (8.25 x 12 ins), plus a black ink and watercolour drawing of a Chinese man holding a watermelon, signed in Chinese and English 'Samsing', sheet size 20 x 14.2 cm (7.9 x 5.6 ins), and a similar size moral sentence in Chinese calligraphy by the same artist, also signed in Chinese and English, the last two items loosely contained in a sheet of folded laid paper bearing a watermark of a crown, shield, post horn with letter J below, with inscription in brown ink to upper cover 'A drawing by Samsing, and a moral sentence written in chinese by him on board the Junk and presented to John W. Cook. Samsing was an artist on board the Chinese Junk, who painted the elaborate ornamental parts of the interior of that vessel.' (Qty: 4) The watermark on the laid paper wrapper with manuscript inscription can be dated to circa 1825. The two drawings of a Chinese Junk may have been executed by a Western artist.