CANTON SCHOOL Thirteen paintings of boats, 1800-1840 A set of twelve paintings of boats and watercraft, ink and color on pith paper, each framed and glazed; together with an image of a boat, gouache on paper, unsigned, but titled on the lower margin in English and Chinese 'Hang Chow, Whong Woo or Small Pleasure Boat 杭州蕩湖船'. 7 x 11in (18 x 28cm), the smaller; 13 3/4 x 17 1/8in (35 x 43.5cm), the larger (13). Footnotes: 廣州外銷畫　船舶圖　一八〇〇年至一八四〇年 水彩通草紙　鏡框十二幅 水粉紙本　鏡框一幅　 （水粉紙本）款識：Hang Chow, Whong Woo or Small Pleasure Boat 杭州蕩湖船 註：通草畫是十九世紀起源於廣州並銷往海外的獨特繪畫形式，其誕生與發展根植於當時中西商貿與文化交流的歷史背景中。2022年5月，廣州十三行博物館推出「重拾失落百年的廣州明信片--館藏通草畫展」，向公眾系統呈現了該媒介畫作所包羅的世物萬象，並特別聚焦於通草片這一特殊繪畫媒材的性質及顏料成分，並有展出與本拍品主題相似的船舶圖。本拍品一組十三幅，以船舶肖像的形式描摹了十九世紀末航行於中國水域的給類船舶舟艇，有官用氣派的「太平府正堂」船，亦見文氣雅緻的杭州蕩湖船，更有極具嶺南特色的廣州鴨船，以竹籠載鴨，流動放養，恰如《廣東新語》所載，「鴨至深秋，乃以船載至沙田食稻。」 Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing