Lot Essay
C. Crossman, The China Trade, p. 415, illustrates a very similar view by Namcheong, circa 1850, and notes that the "pagoda was one of the most often mentioned sights on the trip to Canton"
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THE NINE-STAGE PAGODA AT WHAMPOA ANCHORAGE
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CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
THE NINE-STAGE PAGODA AT WHAMPOA ANCHORAGE
Oil on canvas
23½ x 17 7/8in. (59.7 x 45.4cm.), unframed
THE NINE-STAGE PAGODA AT WHAMPOA ANCHORAGE
Oil on canvas
23½ x 17 7/8in. (59.7 x 45.4cm.), unframed