Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, later inscription on the verso, presented in a later ebonized and gilt decorated frame with gallery plaque reading American Ship / Lai Sung, Hong Kong.

DOA 35 x 46 in.

Estate of the Late Frank & Patricia Meehan, Long Island, NY

Works by Lai Sung and his studio are quite scarce, as noted by Carl Crossman in his seminal book The Decorative Arts of the China Trade. There are a few in private and public collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Peabody Essex Museum, the Mystic Seaport Museum, and the Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Some minor rubbing and chipping to frame; stable craquelure; diagonal abrasion in lower left corner of painting; yellowing varnish and some surface grime.

$10,000 - 20,000