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Lot 35
China Trade Painting of the Dutch Folly Fort on the Pearl River Below Canton
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1850, oil on canvas, the verso with single character mark to one stretcher and the remnants of an old label with red type affixed to both top stretcher and frame, presented in a later antique carved sandalwood frame.

SS 13 x 9 in.; DOA 20.5 x 15 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, NC

A bustling river view looking towards the Western hongs (or factories) in the distance, the flags of the United States, France, and Great Britain are easily identified.

Extensive stable craquelure and drying cracks; surface grime.

$400 - 800