Brunk Auctions January 8-9 sale
A highlight of the sale is Lot 0287, Attributed to Chow Kwa (Chinese, active 1850-1885), View of the Bund at Shanghai, circa 1855, unsigned, oil on canvas, 20-3/4 x 37-1/4 in.; original reticulated Chinese Export frame. Provenance: This painting was purchased in Hong Kong and brought to the United States by Thomas Peck Bucklin, New York (1804-1870) on the clipper ship Comet, circa 1855; Edward Carrington Bucklin, his son; Harris Howard Bucklin, his son; Harris Howard Bucklin, Jr., his son; sold Sotheby's New York, June 23 and 24, 1993, lot 370 (catalog accompanies lot); Private Collection Estimate: $60,000 - $90,000