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ÉCOLE CHINOISE, CIRCA 1779-80

Lot 19
20.11.2024 16:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 19 | ÉCOLE CHINOISE, CIRCA 1779-80
Estimate value
€ 120 000 – 180 000
ÉCOLE CHINOISE, CIRCA 1779-80
PANORAMA DE LA RIVIÈRE DES PERLES, DU FRONT DE MER DE CANTON AU MOUILLAGE DE L'ÎLE DE WHAMPOA - ENSEMBLE DE DOUZE
Gouache sur soie étendue sur toile.

Les vues comme intitulées par Martyn Gregory en 1986 :
1.‘Le front de mer à Canton (Guangzhou)’; 2.‘Le Fort Folly Hollandais avec jonques en mer Fukien au premier plan. Banlieues de Caton au-delà; 3.‘Banlieues de Canton avant les murs de ville crénelés’; 4.‘ Mosquée Mahométane, Pagode fleurie, entrepôts Chinois devant les murs de ville’; ‘Pagode à cinq étages’ dans la distance.’; 5.‘Le front de mer avec entrepôts chinois et le temple devant les murs de ville crénelés’; 6.‘ Le Fort Folly Français avec le bureau de douane Cantonais, le bureau de douane du Fort Folly Français, et la fin des banlieues du Caton au-delà.’; 7.‘La Rivière des Perles au nord de l’Ile Honam, montrant l’Ile Napier étroite. Village Chinois au-delà.’; 8.‘La Rivière des Perles au nord de l’Ile Honam, montrant la fin de l’Ile Napier juste à l’ouest de l’Ile Whampoa;’ 9.‘Le front de mer avec de grands entrepôts chinois. À droite est visible la pointe ouest de l’Ile Whampoa.;’ 10.‘L’Ile Whampoa avec la Pagode de neuf étages.’; 11.‘La continuation de l’Ile Whampoa.’ 12.‘Le mouillage Whampoa montrant le poste de douane sur l’ile, et les expéditions britanniques et autres à l’ancre.’
Chaque peinture : 45,8 x 76,8 cm. (18 x 30. 1/2 in.)(12)




Provenance

Sir Robert Preston (1740 – 1834), puis par descendance, vente Sotheby’s Londres, Topographical Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings, 6 Novembre 1985, lots 121-130 (dix de l’ensemble originel de douze).
Martyn Gregory, 1986, auprès de qui le propriétaire actuel a acquis l'ensemble de douze (ajouts des présents numéros 9 et 12, les vues des grand entrepôts chinois et du mouillage de Whampoa).
Collection privée européenne.



Literature

Martyn Gregory, Canton and the China Trade: An Exhibition of Early Pictures Relating to the Far East: Catalogue 43, cat. exp., Martyn Gregory, Londres, 1986, pp. 9-10 et une feuille libre insérée dans l'ouvrage (dix de l’ensemble original – deux illustrées en couleur dans le catalogue de l’exposition, les dix œuvres illustrées en noir et blanc, jointes en panorama).
P. A. Van Dyke et M. Kar-Wing Mok, Images of the Canton Factories, Hong Kong, 2015, p.16, détail du premier panneau illustré planche P13.



Exhibited

Hong Kong, Martyn Gregory au Hong Kong Arts Centre, Canton and the China Trade, Mai 1986, n° 13 (dix de l'ensemble original).



Further details

CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1779-80, A PANORAMA OF THE PEARL RIVER FROM THE WATERFRONT AT CANTON TO THE ANCHORAGE AT WHAMPOA ISLAND - A SET OF TWELVE, BODYCOLOUR ON SILK LAID DOWN ON CANVAS

A VERY RARE COMPLETE EARLY PANORAMA OF THE PEARL RIVER FROM CANTON TO WHAMPOA
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