CHINESE SCHOOL, CHINA TRADE PAIR OF OIL PAINTINGS ON CANVAS, WAR JUNKS, 19TH CENTURY, QING DYNASTY.
拍卖行: Ma San Auction
专场: 亚洲艺术品、古董与装饰品
拍品描述
Oval works featuring war junks and boats firing cannons. The other with row of shields. Original gilt wood frames and glazed. Total size 38cm tall x 30cm wide including frame. Provenance: Private English collection. Purchased at Sotheby Parke Bernet (Hong Kong) ltd on 23rd November 1976. The backs of canvas with 'sss' labels and written Seymour Spencer-Smith - China 1870. Seymour Spencer-Smith was stationed on the China Station at various intervals between 1869 and 1875, he operated during a volatile period defined by treaty-port policing, colonial administration in Hong Kong, and the suppression of heavily armed pirate networks in the South China Sea. 品相: Some crazing around the bottom of the works. Some cracking to wood frames.
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