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The Death of a Mandarin
Details
Chinese School, circa 1810
The Death of a Mandarin
bodycolour on paper
14 5/8 x 18 ¾in. (37.1 x 47.6cm.) and similar
six framed, seven unframed
(13)
The Death of a Mandarin
bodycolour on paper
14 5/8 x 18 ¾in. (37.1 x 47.6cm.) and similar
six framed, seven unframed
(13)
Provenance
James Urmston (1750-1815).
Sir James Brabazon Urmston (1785-1850), President of the East India Company's Factory at China and author of Observations on the China Trade, and on the Importance and Advantages of removing it from Canton to some other Part of the Coast of that Empire (London, 1832).
Sir James Brabazon Urmston (1785-1850), President of the East India Company's Factory at China and author of Observations on the China Trade, and on the Importance and Advantages of removing it from Canton to some other Part of the Coast of that Empire (London, 1832).
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