Chinese artist (19th century) Ship portrait of the steamship Ask.

Chinese artist (19th century) Ship portrait of the steamship Ask. Oil on canvas. 43 x 58.5 cm.

Original frame: 52 x 67 cm.

Doubled.

Steamship built in 1891 at B&W, Copenhagen, sunk 1917.

Provenance: Painting donated to Randers Diskonto- og Laanebank, Kirkegde 1, Randers, in 1938 by the chairman of the board, Chamberlain Hofjægermester CV Folsach, Gjessinggaard near Randers. The bank was later taken over by Unibank, later Nordea, which has had it in its possession until now.

Callsign: NDPM.

According to the Danish Ship Register, the ship was operated by N.C.P Revsbech in 1892. The owner of the ship was: Danpskibs-Selskabet Activ by C. Hassager. Randers.

The ship was 209.4 English feet long, B: 28 feet wide and the depth was 13.7/20.7 feet.

On the aperture frame are Chinese characters that say that the shipowner Fu Li paid for a large golden wooden frame.

NB: Really rare ship portrait!!