The Depiction of Watercraft by Chinese Artists in Export Paintings of the Canton Trade between the 1770s and the 1840s

Without watercraft, the Canton Trade could not have taken place. It is therefore not surprising that so many of the scenes depicted in paintings of that trade are set on the water, and that in these scenes, boats, junks, and East India ships figure so frequently and so abundantly.

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Susan E. Schopp
Format: Articles
Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau 2019
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40059/2648
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Without watercraft, the Canton Trade could not have taken place. It is therefore not surprising that so many of the scenes depicted in paintings of that trade are set on the water, and that in these scenes, boats, junks, and East India ships figure so frequently and so abundantly.
Instituto Cultural de Macau
Macau
Review of Culture
Articles
2019
Canton Trade
Cantonese artists
Chinese export art
East India ships
Junks
Sampans
Susan E. Schopp
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Susan E. Schopp
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Cantonese artists
Chinese export art
East India ships
Junks
Sampans
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Sampans
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