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Auction archive: Lot number 1533

An Extremely Rare View of the American Settlement in Shanghai, Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi Period, Circa 1863 | 清同治 約1863年 上海虹口美租界遠眺

Important Americana
24 Jan 2022
Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
US$69,300
Auction archive: Lot number 1533

An Extremely Rare View of the American Settlement in Shanghai, Qing Dynasty, Tongzhi Period, Circa 1863 | 清同治 約1863年 上海虹口美租界遠眺

Important Americana
24 Jan 2022
Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
US$69,300
Beschreibung:

Property from the Dilts Family CollectionAn Extremely Rare View of the American Settlement in ShanghaiQing Dynasty, Tongzhi Period, Circa 1863清同治 約1863年 上海虹口美租界遠眺 gouache and watercolor on paper, finely painted with a panoramic view of the American Settlement in Shanghai between the Suzhou and Hongkou (Hongkew) creeks across the Huangpu river, with the First Protestant Episcopal Church in the center and other American houses behind the waterfront promenade bustling with figures, the Huangpu river with a variety of vessels including three paddle steamers, each inscribed with the respective names of the vessels FIRE.CRACKER, FIRE DART, and FUSI-YAMA, and an American sailing ship flying the American flag at the rear and a flag inscribed with E on the center mast, framed and glazed 20 in. by 45 1/2 in.; 50.4 cm by 116.1 cm

Auction archive: Lot number 1533
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jan 2022
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Property from the Dilts Family CollectionAn Extremely Rare View of the American Settlement in ShanghaiQing Dynasty, Tongzhi Period, Circa 1863清同治 約1863年 上海虹口美租界遠眺 gouache and watercolor on paper, finely painted with a panoramic view of the American Settlement in Shanghai between the Suzhou and Hongkou (Hongkew) creeks across the Huangpu river, with the First Protestant Episcopal Church in the center and other American houses behind the waterfront promenade bustling with figures, the Huangpu river with a variety of vessels including three paddle steamers, each inscribed with the respective names of the vessels FIRE.CRACKER, FIRE DART, and FUSI-YAMA, and an American sailing ship flying the American flag at the rear and a flag inscribed with E on the center mast, framed and glazed 20 in. by 45 1/2 in.; 50.4 cm by 116.1 cm

Auction archive: Lot number 1533
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jan 2022
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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