Chinese School, 19th Century Portrait of the Bark Ceylon

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Chinese School, 19th Century

Portrait of the Bark Ceylon. Unsigned. Oil on fine linen, depicting the three-masted vessel sailing left to right with eight figures on deck, flying the American flag, with two vessels including one Chinese in the background at right, 18 x 23 1/2 in., in a carved frame with gilt liner. Condition: Patch u.l. with 2-in. dia. circle of retouch, craquelure.

Note: "Bark Ceylon" written in script in black crayon on the reverse, and printed in block letters on stretcher.
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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