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A folio comprising 22 Chinese landscapes: 'Peng tse Hien, on the Yang tse Keang -- 12. Novemb. 1816. on the Right Bank'; 'Kein-Saan in the province of Nanking'; 'Chao Cheu in the province of Canton on the borders of the province of Fokien, the City from whence the Chin Chew men come to Canton for the purchase of Opium'; 'The Pee so called from the Rocks being of Red colour'; 'Soo-hang in the province of Nanking'; 'Hay-suen'; 'Loe-Fow'; 'Ti-tong'; 'Little Solitary Rock, Yang tse Keang'; 'Fy-lai. -- signifying -- Fly come, -- a House of Worship supposed by the Chinese to have been sent down from heaven by the Deity'; 'Chap Moon -- Moon signifies the entrance to a River'; 'Si-chei'; 'Su-chan ... Pass in the Province of Su-Chuen'; 'Po-lo; -- in the neighbourhood of the City of Canton where there is a House of Worship'; 'Chit cong or Che-Kong [the capital] of the Province so named'; and seven other Chinese landscapes
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Chinese School, early 19th Century
A folio comprising 22 Chinese landscapes: 'Peng tse Hien, on the Yang tse Keang -- 12. Novemb. 1816. on the Right Bank'; 'Kein-Saan in the province of Nanking'; 'Chao Cheu in the province of Canton on the borders of the province of Fokien, the City from whence the Chin Chew men come to Canton for the purchase of Opium'; 'The Pee so called from the Rocks being of Red colour'; 'Soo-hang in the province of Nanking'; 'Hay-suen'; 'Loe-Fow'; 'Ti-tong'; 'Little Solitary Rock, Yang tse Keang'; 'Fy-lai. -- signifying -- Fly come, -- a House of Worship supposed by the Chinese to have been sent down from heaven by the Deity'; 'Chap Moon -- Moon signifies the entrance to a River'; 'Si-chei'; 'Su-chan ... Pass in the Province of Su-Chuen'; 'Po-lo; -- in the neighbourhood of the City of Canton where there is a House of Worship'; 'Chit cong or Che-Kong [the capital] of the Province so named'; and seven other Chinese landscapes
the majority titled along the lower margins, eight further inscribed on reverse
brush and ink and grey wash
14 x 17¾in. (35.6 x 45.1cm.) (22)
A folio comprising 22 Chinese landscapes: 'Peng tse Hien, on the Yang tse Keang -- 12. Novemb. 1816. on the Right Bank'; 'Kein-Saan in the province of Nanking'; 'Chao Cheu in the province of Canton on the borders of the province of Fokien, the City from whence the Chin Chew men come to Canton for the purchase of Opium'; 'The Pee so called from the Rocks being of Red colour'; 'Soo-hang in the province of Nanking'; 'Hay-suen'; 'Loe-Fow'; 'Ti-tong'; 'Little Solitary Rock, Yang tse Keang'; 'Fy-lai. -- signifying -- Fly come, -- a House of Worship supposed by the Chinese to have been sent down from heaven by the Deity'; 'Chap Moon -- Moon signifies the entrance to a River'; 'Si-chei'; 'Su-chan ... Pass in the Province of Su-Chuen'; 'Po-lo; -- in the neighbourhood of the City of Canton where there is a House of Worship'; 'Chit cong or Che-Kong [the capital] of the Province so named'; and seven other Chinese landscapes
the majority titled along the lower margins, eight further inscribed on reverse
brush and ink and grey wash
14 x 17¾in. (35.6 x 45.1cm.) (22)
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