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TINQUA, CIRCA 1840

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TINQUA, CIRCA 1840

The Hall of a Chinese Merchant's House with a Man holding a Bird Cage

signed, bodycolour
10¾ x 18½in. (25.5 x 45.7cm.)

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Tinqua (Guan Lianchant) was the younger brother of Lamqua. He was the best known watercolourist working in Canton during the mid 19th century. He had a flourishing studio, situated at 16 New China Street, Canton, employing many students. They produced a prolific amount of watercolours and bodycolours of every subject of consistently high quality

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