Sold for:
$3,675
$3,675
China Trade School, 19th Century Portrait of the Steam Vessel Hakata Maru. Unsigned, vessel identified on stern and brass plaque. Oil on canvas, 17 3/4 x 23 1/2 in., in a period gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, scattered retouch, primarily to sky, stable craquelure. Note: The Hakata Maru was launched in 1897 at David & William Henderson & Co., Glasgow, for N.Y.K. (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) Line's new European service from Japan. Fiberglass relining. Numerous scattered small spots of retouch o sky.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-11-05
