FINE CHINA TRADE PAITNINGS FROM MARTYN GREGORY, LONDON, PART II
CHINESE ARTIST (CIRCA 1780)
Whampoa: the anchorage Reverse glass painting, with original Chinese gilt frame. 34.2cm (13 1/2in) high x 54.5cm (21 1/2in) wide.
中國藝術家（約1780年） 黃埔古港玻璃鏡畫 有框
Provenance: a Scottish private collection Bonhams Knightsbridge, 3 November 2014, lot 506 Martyn Gregory, London
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Martyn Gregory, China Observed: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western Artists 1750-1970, catalogue 94, London, 2015/2016, p.69, no.76 T.Audric, Chinese reverse glass painting 1720-1820. An artistic meeting between China and the West, Switzerland, 2020, pp.17, 198-199, no.241 (published and illustrated)
展覽著錄： Martyn Gregory，《China Observed: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western Artists 1750-1970, catalogue 94》，倫敦，2015/2016，第69頁，編號76 T.Audric，《Chinese reverse glass painting 1720-1820. An artistic meeting between China and the West》，瑞士，2000年，第17頁、198-199頁，編號241（著錄）
This painting depicts Whampoa Island and the anchorage, seen from Dane's Island. British, Danish, Dutch and Swedish ships can be seen in the channel. The same flags are represented on Whampoa Island beside the 'bankshalls', temporary structures in which ships equipment and provisions were stored. Some of the ships have had their upper masts removed as a safety measure during the long winter period spent here at anchor. On French Island at the left of the picture are the flags of pre-Revolutionary France and the Austro-Hungarian empire; 'Imperial' ships came to Canton between 1779 and 1787.
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