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A Chinese official's boat; A watermelon seller
Pen, ink and watercolour, comprising a picture of a boat, preserved within folding sheet of paper inscribed 'a drawing by Sansing, and a moral sentence written in Chinese by him on board the junk and presented to John W. Cook', and also 'Sansing was an artist on board the Chinese junk, who painted the elaborate parts of the interior of that vessel'; and a painting of a watermelon seller signed 'Sansing' in Western and Chinese script, framed together.
18.5cm (7 1/4in) high x 30cm (12in) wide; 20cm (7 7/8in) high x 14.5cm (5 3/4in) wide.
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SAN SING 約一八三零年 中國官員船 西瓜小販 墨彩紙本 裝框
Provenance: Martyn Gregory, London
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Martyn Gregory, Catalogue 100: Two centuries of 'China Trade' paintings 1770-1970, catalogue 100, London, 2019, p.80, nos.92-93