Lot 123
CHINESE SCHOOL, PENANG
QING DYNASTY, CA. 1800-1820
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 約1800-1820 檳榔嶼圖 銅本油畫 木框
oil on brass, painted with junks and sampans offshore, a traditional stilt house in the centre, a British flag on the right margin, framed
Dimensions
11.1cm x 15.2cm; frame: 16.3cm x 20.4cm
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Aberdeen; Inherited from the current owner's grandparents, who acquired this in the 1960s.
蘇格蘭私人收藏，亞伯丁；繼承自現任藏家之祖父母，其購藏於1960年代。
Footnote
This is one of the very early and rare views of Penang. Its painted source remains unidentified. A variant, also on brass, was with Martyn Gregory in 1985, for which see Martyn Gregory, 1985, cat. 41, p.15, no.21, and Lim Chong Keat, Penang Views 1770-1860, Singapore, 1986, pp. 52, 62 & 219, pl. 29.
A highly comparable oil on brass painting of Penang, Chinese School, c.1800-1820, from the Kelton collection, was sold at Christie's London, 7 Nov 2019, part lot 9.