Opium in the China Trade 1838 letter

CHINA TRADE BRASS-BOUND CAMPHORWOOD CAPTAINíS LAP DESK19th CenturyInset maker's label. Nicely fitted interior with fold-out letter compartment and writing surface. Recessed brass carrying handles a

20th century two- dimensional carved and painted wood wall plaque CHINA TRADE STEAMER 'BELLEROPHON' CA 1890, TEA AND OPIUM MARKET. 21 x 36 inches.

(CHINA) ARCHIBALD LITTLE, CHINA STEAMSHIP PIONEER ARCHIBALD LITTLE (1838 - 1908) British tea-taster who lived in China for over fifty years and developed steamship travel and trade on China's rivers,

Vintage two sided trade sign "CHINA TO THE LADIES EVERY MONDAY". One letter partially missing on one side. 8" x 7'.

This type of weights were related to the opium trade. Measurements: 11 cm, the largest

RARE 1876 PHILADELPHIA TRADE DOLLAR LOCKETLate 19th CenturySometimes referred to as an opium or snuff dollars because they were mostly exported to China. Opens to reveal an image of a young girl. Not

Water pipe or hookah from Lanzhou in northwestern China. Antique, likely from the 19th century, these items were once popular during the peak of the opium trade. Features a long curved mouthpiece and

CHINESE SCHOOLCirca 1847China Trade portrait of the clipper ship Samuel Russell. Unsigned.Oil on canvas, 29.5" x 39.75". Framed 35.5" x 45.5". Provenance:Samuel L. Lowe Antique

Fonggua School of Macao, Hong Painting, Chinese, 2nd 1/2 19th C. Sight size: 17-1/2"h x 30-1/2"w Overall: 19-1/2"h x 32-3/4"w Provenance: Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Long Allen, Lancaster, P

O/C CHINA TRADE PAINTING LIFE SIZE PORTRAIT CHINESE ROYALTY FIGURE SIGNED WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS IN THE UPPER LEFT IN RED, HOUSED IN IT'S LATER ORIG. FRAME, THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN IN STORAGE SINCE 19

China Trade school oil painting on canvas. Most likely 19th Ct. Stunning colors with a wonderful scene of a lady playing chess with young child in the garden. Painting has some craquelure, restoration

Late 18th- early 19th C. Chinese reverse-painting on glass showing a view of trade ships on the Pearl River and the Nine Stage Pagoda on Whampoa Island, as seen from Dane's Island (Changzhou.) The for

19THC. CHINA TRADE NANKING TEA SET, W/ GILDING 12 HANDELESS CUPS & SAUCERS, 10 CUPS W/HANDLE, WASTE BOWL & TEAPOT

RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL CHINA TRADE THREE-PART BOOKCASE SECRETARYCirca 1850In dramatically contrasting teak and ebony, with brass inlay, inset brass bail hardware and brass carrying handles at the sides

Large and highly detailed China Trade oil painting on wood panel with Chinese boats in harbor with large buildings flying various country flags. Titled verso PAINTING OF THE FOREIGN FACTORIES, CANTON.

circa 1800; the painted enamel face decorated with floral roundel, the verso of face painted with Chinese characters, within an English-style rosewood case with secondary wood of either pine or elm, i

China Trade Painting, Mid-19th Century View of Hong Kong oil on canvas unsigned 17 x 23 1/2 inches.

A Rare China Trade Painting 19th century Gouache on paper, depicting an Aristocratic Ladies Tea; framed Sight 34 x 19 1/2 inches C

(19th century) Macau and The Anchorage at Whampoa, circa 1870, unsigned, watercolor on laid pith paper, sight 6 x 8 in.; matching original painted wood and composition frames, gilt sight liners, 9-5/8

19th Century Oil on canvas. Unsigned. China Trade Painting Location unknown, possibly Indochina or somewhere in Indonesia Sight: 34in. x 30in (86cm.x 76cm) Framed: 37in. x 32in. (94cm.x 81cm.)

Heading: (China) Author: Title: Original watercolor painting, likely of the bund at Shanghai, with numerous ships and boats, both western and Chinese, before it Place Published: China Publisher:

clipper ship with American flag o/c, 18 by 23.5 in.; original black and gilt frame 23 by 28 in. Attached note: Picture painted in China/China Trde Burned by pirates./Silas Greenman/Cpt.

China Trade School, 19th/20th c., "View of Whampoa Anchorage from Dane's Island", oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower right, 25 1/2 in. x 31 3/4 in., framed.

Oil on canvas, Circa 1850. The ship in stormy seas in appropriate gilt lined carved and molded China trade style frame. The reverse of stretcher with original red paper label of noted China Trade arti