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Oil painting of a harbor scene with eight ships along the bottom and an island in the middle with a pagoda. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner edge with shorter levels.
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
wood (plant material)
Painting
"Chinese Painting - Pagoda / Anchorage - Whampoa China / Showing Ships of foreign / Merchants wating for / teas and spices to exchange." (Handwritten paper label formerly attached to reverse.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P113
FA041
Jordan and Harberg (Framer)
House of Russell & Co. (Importer)
14 10/16 x 19 2/16 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.536
China
Title Harbor View Accession Number 2006.44.535
Title Harbor View Accession Number 2006.44.537
Title Harbor View Accession Number 2006.44.538
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