Live Auction 7586West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection
Chinese School, early 19th Century
Lot 361

Chinese School, early 19th Century

Study of a Breadfruit plant, Artocarpus altilis

Closed22 May 2008

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GBP 4,750

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Chinese School, early 19th Century
Study of a Breadfruit plant, Artocarpus altilis
numbered '32' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic
15 x 18 7/8 in. (38.1 x 48 cm.)

Specialist note

Decorative botanical watercolours were much sought after by wealthy European merchants based in South East Asia in the early 19th Century.