Lot 97: Attributed to Chow Kwa

(Chinese, active 1850-1885), The Low House, Shanghai, circa 1865-1870, watercolor on paper laid on card, 10-3/4 x 15-1/4 in.; 20th century gilt wood frame, abrasions, toning, light fading Provenance: William Blydenburgh, New York; Private Collection, Little River, South Carolina. Titled verso as "The Blydenburgh House at Shanghai" and illustrated by Carl Crossman, Literature: Illustrated in Carl Crossman, [The Decorative Arts of the China Trade,] (Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 1991), p. 198, ill. plate 98. The house was rented by the merchant William J. Blydenburgh of New York City, 1864-1876.