Chinese School, mid 19th Century

Portrait of Howqua, the Canton merchant, seated small half length

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Chinese School, mid 19th Century
Portrait of Howqua, the Canton merchant, seated small half length
watercolour on ivory
4¼ x 3¼in. (10.8 x 8.3cm.)

拍品專文

A portrait of Wu Bingjian (1769-1843), known to westerners as Howqua, one of the most successful members of the Cohong at Canton. The portrait's prototype is Chinnery's full length portrait of c. 1825-32, now in the Hong Kong Bank Art Collection.