Lot 438 清晚期 关联昌（庭呱，1809-1870）畫室繪《百業中國》冊頁120幀 | A Rare Chinese Export Album Depicting Chinese Occupations, Studio of Tingqua (1809-1870), Qing Dynasty, Mid 19th Century

清晚期 关联昌（庭呱，1809-1870）畫室繪《百業中國》冊頁120幀 | A Rare Chinese Export Album Depicting Chinese Occupations, Studio of Tingqua (1809-1870), Qing Dynasty, Mid 19th Century

Qing Dynasty, Mid 19th Century

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$2,500 - $3,500

Album 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in., 31 x 31 cm.

Front cover separated from album but present, significant foxing to outermost pages, inner pages generally clean with only slight scattered foxing spots; silk to covers faded, with the exception of the covers and outmost pages, the album is in very good, clean condition.

With silk-covered boards, yellow endpapers, each stamped 'Tingqua', enclosing approximately 120 ink-on-paper line illustrations of figures in various Chinese occupations, inscribed Shou, titled and numbered in Chinese 241 to 360, and with labels in the lower corner with translations of the titles.
Note:
The present album, likely one of several in a larger set, is a remarkable record of the wide variety of occupations pursued in Southern China in the 19th century. Figures include makers of ladies' shoes, rat catchers, beggars, and exorcists. Tingqua (Guan Lianchang, 1809-1870) was one of the most prolific and sought-after artists active in Guangzhou in the 19th century. He was the son of the famous painter Guan Zuolin, better known in the West as Spoilum, and the younger brother of the artist Lamqua. The American merchant Augustine Heard introduced Tingqua’s works to the United States, bringing back from China an important collection of paintings by Tingqua, now in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, including four albums painted with Chinese professions, accession number E21010.1-480. For a similar album, from the studio of Sunqua, also with 120 drawings, see Brunk Auction, Asheville, North Carolina, July 9, 2026, lot 21. Compare also an album enclosing 12 drawings of architecture and scenes in Canton, circa 1845, sold at Bonham's, London, November 6, 2025, lot 436.
注：
庭呱本名关联昌（1809-1870），字俊卿，广东南海人，與弟弟林呱（关乔昌）同爲十九世紀广州十三行地区著名的外销画画家。
关联昌曾居澳门四年，一度担任英国画家乔治·钱纳利的助手。钱纳利是1820年代即定居中國南方的英国画家，創作了大量風景與肖像畫，在当时的中国口岸是第一流的。庭呱作爲他的助手，吸取了西洋古典油画的光线和透视处理方法，對亭阁屋宇的描摹則遵循中國傳統界画。他以水粉在通草纸上描绘中国社会风俗，结构精确，色彩明丽。大多取材市井生活與商埠风光。
他的画店位于广州十三行同文街16号，画作带有Tingqua标记，如本冊之扉頁。這套120開冊頁描繪的是晚清各行各業，筆法細膩流暢，每幀寫有職業名稱與頁碼，並小字“壽”，可能是畫師名稱。
庭呱畫店的作品大量被英美商人购买，现藏于諸多博物馆，尤以對華商貿頻繁的馬薩諸塞州波士頓一帶最盛，譬如西泠鎮碧波地博物館，收有多種冊頁（編號E21010.1-480）。
市場中，近年成交記錄參見倫敦邦瀚斯2025年11月6日中國工藝精品專場第436號，23,040鎊成交；以及倫敦蘇富比2016年11月9日重要中國藝術品專第380號，估價12000-18000鎊。
Provenance:
By descent in the family of Massachusetts ship owner and China Trade Merchant Robert Bennet Forbes (1884-1889).
來源：
馬薩諸塞州船东、在华商人罗伯特·贝内特·福布斯（1884-1889）購於中國，后家族傳承。
福布斯家族是馬薩諸塞州老牌海上貿易家族，他的舅舅是鸦片商人托马斯·珀金斯，後者的商行1830年與旗昌洋行合并，而他則早在13嵗就隨舅舅的商船“广州号”首次航行到中国。中年官至美国驻广州副领事。此冊即購藏于赴中國經商途中，后家族傳承。
以下内容由AI翻译：
【名称】
清晚期 关联昌（庭呱，1809-1870）畫室繪《百業中國》冊頁120幀
【年代】
清，19世纪中期
【描述】
封面为丝绸包裹，黄色衬页，每页均印有“Tingqua”字样，内含约120幅描绘各种中国职业的墨线画，题写“寿”，并用中文编号241至360，下角附有标题的英文翻译。
【品相】
封面与册页分离但仍在，最外页有显著的狐斑，内页总体干净，仅有少量散落的狐斑点；封面丝绸褪色，除了封面和最外页，册页整体状况良好，干净。