CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE

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ASSIETTE EN PORCELAINE POLYCHROME
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE
Ornée au centre d'un médaillon représentant un voilier mixte, à l'encre, au mouillage de Whampoa (Canton), entouré de plusieurs barques, le marli rehaussé de cartouches d'oiseaux et fleurs, réservés sur fond de treillis losangés, la bordure cerclée de métal
Diamètre: 24,3 cm. (9½ in.)

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Further details

A POLYCHROME PLATE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

The boat represented in the central medallion could be the Nemesis, the first armed iron ship built by the British East India Company in 1839. The ship arrived in Canton in 1841 and was used in the Opium War of 1841.

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