Lamqua (Chinese, active 1805-1830) A bay at sunset with shadowed figures by a wall, Macau oil on canvas 12 x 19.3cm (4 3/4 x 7 5/8in). Footnotes: Provenance Anon. sale, Christie's, 23 June 1978, lot 92 (part lot). With Spink & Son, London. Private collection (acquired from the above in 1978). Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 15 December 2016, lot 33. With Martyn Gregory, London. Exhibited London, Martyn Gregory, Images of the East: Historical Pictures by Chinese and Western Artists 1750-1950, 2017-2018, no. 86, catalogue 97. For a watercolour illustration of the same scene by George Chinnery see Martyn Gregory cat.53, 1989, no.34. The present painting is believed to be based on Chinnery's watercolour, with the Chinese strainers, providing evidence that the work was painted on the China coast. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing