Sold for:
$1,845
$1,845
Chinese School, 19th Century Portrait of the Bark Ceylon . Unsigned. Oil on fine linen, depicting the three-masted vessel sailing left to right with eight figures on deck, flying the American flag, with two vessels including one Chinese in the background at right, 18 x 23 1/2 in., in a carved frame with gilt liner. Condition: Patch u.l. with 2-in. dia. circle of retouch, craquelure. Note: "Bark Ceylon" written in script in black crayon on the reverse, and printed in block letters on stretcher.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-07-16
