Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Chinese School 19th Century
The Bund at Shanhai. Unsigned, artist identified on plaque affixed to frame. Oil on canvas, c. 1850, 17 1/2 x 30 3/4 in., in a period molded giltwood and gilt-gesso frame. Condition: Relined, craquelure with associated retouch.
Estimate $15,000-25,000
Craquelure stabilized, numerous scattered retouch, mainly to sky and sea, but with several lines lines going through central scene.