CHINESE SCHOOL

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

British East Indiamen & Chinese Shipping at the Bocca Tigris, circa 1850s
oil on canvas, framed
45.8 x 59.8 cm

• Lot Sold $6,000 (Hammer Price)
• $7,320 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

A Collection of International Decorative Arts & Art, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 23 April 2012, lot 131, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Condition Report

The painting has been relined and cleaned and the surface craquelure evident in the lower section of the painting is stable. There are areas of retouching most noticeably to the sky and cloud areas, which are not visible to the naked eye. There is a vertical area to the upper right of the sky which suggests infilling and retouching and another vertical strip to the lower left across the boat and water below which also suggests infilling and retouching.

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