Canton School (circa 1830)


Four Buildings in the City of CantonInk and gouache on paper, framed and glazed.Each: 37cm (14 1/2in) x 49cm (19 1/4in) (4).
|ProvenanceSotheby's Hong Kong, 25 May 1981, lot 148Cowdray Family collection These four leaves are taken from an album of forty scenes reputedly commissioned by the Cowdray family in order to learn more about the city of Canton.The labels to the reverse of each frame reading:"No. 8 The Ponyen or Head Constables Resident in the City of Canton""No. 9 Un-Za-Tzu or President of the Gieminal Tribunal/Palace in the City of Canton""No. 13 The Tsun-Quin or Chief Mandarins Palace in the City of Canton""No. 18 A Military Mandarins of the 4th Rank Residence in the City of Canton"