Whampoa, China

gouache

PAINTINGS - WATERCOLORS
marad; paintings
Youqua (attr. to)
China, Whampoa
Circa 1860
26.50 x 39.00 x 0

Framed gouache of harbor scene, Whampoa, China, c. 1850, attributed to Youqua; At Whampoa Anchorage, cargos for Canton were loaded onto small Chinese vessels and transported 10 miles up Pearl River to Canton. Crews remained on board the foreign vessels at Whampoa while ships' captains and supercargos conducted business with Chinese merchants. Ref: Carl L. Crossman, "The Decorative Arts of the China Trade", p. 414.

UNIDENTIFIED junk
1954.587