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Chinese School, mid-19th century
Sloop of Thomas Hunt & Co. Anchored off the Praia Grande, Macao

19 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$16,640 inc. premium

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Chinese School, mid-19th century

Sloop of Thomas Hunt & Co. Anchored off the Praia Grande, Macao
unsigned
oil on canvas in later gilt frame
17 1/4 x 30 1/2 in.
framed 22 1/4 x 35 1/8 in.

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Provenance
By descent from Captain James P. Cook through his daughter Mary Abigail Cook Sutton (1860-1945), who was born in Whampoa (Huangpu), China.

Literature
Thomas Hunt & Co. (active c. 1845-68) was a chandlery and mercantile firm established at Whampoa (Huangpu), by Captain Thomas Hunt (1805-70) of Salem, Massachusetts. In 1854, Hunt sold the firm to James B. Endicott (1814-70) and his brother-in-law, Captain James P. Cook (1821-92), who opened branch offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai before closing the business in 1868. See Carl L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade (Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1991), p. 139-45; for examples of ship portraits that Hunt and Cook commissioned from the Whampoa artist Namcheong (active 1845-70), flying identical company flags, see color plates no. 47-8.

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