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An Anglo-Chinese Colonial school watercolour, circa 1844,…
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Melbourne
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21-May-2019
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An Anglo-Chinese Colonial school watercolour, circa 1844, depicting Chinese figures by a bridge and a banyan tree within a hilly and rocky landscape, in sepia tones. Pen inscription on verso 'Sketch of part of the grounds of the white stag, a large Joss house in Amoy', indistinctly signed and dated December 1844. Framed in a contemporary blonde maple frame, 34.3 cm high, 33.9 cm wide, other notes: this watercolour appears to be one of the earliest known examples of the topography of Amoy, pre-dating any photographs of the area (the earliest known of which dates to 1849). The white stag temple still stands in Amoy (now named Xiamen) today. The artist May have been a member of the London Missionary Society which established its Amoy Mission in 1844.
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