Live Auction 6911Travel, Science and Natural History
Youqua (active c.1840-1880)
Lot 182

Youqua (active c.1840-1880)

Whampoa Pagoda; and Dahangjiao Fort

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 6,875

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Youqua (active c.1840-1880)
Whampoa Pagoda; and Dahangjiao Fort
with the artist's trade label 'YEU QUA Portrait Painter & .. ... Handsome album Hongkong Queensroad No 93' on the stretchers
oil on canvas backed with card
17 x 12 5/8in. (43.2 x 32cm.)
oval (2)

Anon. sale. Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, 31 Oct. 1994, lot 919 (where the artist 'Yeu Qua' described as a different artist from Youqua).

Specialist note

The nine-storey Whampoa Pagoda was built by Emperor Wanli around 1600 and was one of the 'eight beautiful scenes' of Canton. It became a navigational landmark for shipping approaching the busy anchorage at Whampoa. Dahuangjiao Fort was situated in the Macao Passage and guarded the mouth of the Pearl River, protecting Canton.

For variants of these subjects by Youqua, see Christie's London, 13 July 2006, lot 108.