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CHINESE SCHOOL, MID-19TH CENTURY | The Amalia Before Hong Kong
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description
- Chinese School, mid-19th century
- The Amalia Before Hong Kong
- tiled, inscribed and dated lower centre Amalia Cap. L. Ghigliazza Hong Kong 19 ottobre 1861 lower centre
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Purchased by the father of the present owner; thence by descent
Catalogue Note
The present work depicts a three-master clipper, of the type which revolutionised trade between east and west in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.