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The Rio Pasig at Pandacan, Manila, Philippines

Title

Creator

Unknown Chinese artist

Year/Period

c.1820

Region

Philippines, China

Object Type

oil paintings (visual works), miniatures (object genre)

Material

oil paint (paint), ivory (material)

Technique

oil painting (technique)

Dimension

Image size: 8.6 x 13 cm,
Frame size: 14.5 x 19.6 cm

Accession No.

2014-01373

Collection of

National Gallery Singapore

This is one of a pair of miniature paintings on ivory showing scenes of ports involved in the China trade, namely Macau and Manila. This delicately-painted work is a nineteenth-century view of the Pasig River at Pandacan (Manila).