Text in Swedish and in English, translated from the Swedish.
Includes 1 booklet (62 p. : ill.; 24 x 20 cm) of essays "The Sampans from Canton and Essays on China" in English, in recessed back cover pocket.
Booklet includes bibliographical references.

The Sampans from Canton is a collection of 99 Chinese gouaches from the second half of the eighteenth century. In minute detail, they depict an entire community afloat on the water, with the various sampan vessels used for everything from the sale of fruit and religious ceremonies to warfare and thievery. For more than 200 years, the gouaches hung in Skärfva Manor House, the home of shipbuilder and dockyard manager Vice Admiral Fredric Henric af Chapman, on the outskirts of Karlskrona, Sweden. In 2014, the collection was broken up for auction and Nordstjernan AB bought the gouaches in order to keep them in the country. Today they can be found at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Engelsberg Ironworks and, thanks to their virtually pristine condition, are a unique chronicle of the dream of China and contacts between the east and west. The book is the first detailed account of the collection and examines the gouaches from both an art history and an historical perspective. With this as a foundation, they can continue to serve as an important entry into the 18th century world of ideas and for understanding Fredric Henric af Chapman's great importance as a collector and visionary.

Shijiu shiji Zhongguo shijing fengqing : sanbailiushi hang 十九世紀中國市井風情 : 三百六十行 = Customs and conditions of Chinese city streets in 19th century : 360 professions in China / Huang Shijian, Shajin bianzhu 黃時鑒, 沙進編著.
"Meiguo Pibodi Aisaikesi bowuguan zanghua 美國皮博迪艾塞克斯博物館藏畫=Peabody Essex Museum.
附參考文獻. 中英對照.

Contents: 100 gouaches by Puqua, 360 ink drawings by Tinqua (Tingqua) = Pugua shuifenhua yibaifu -- Tinggua xianmiaohua sanbailiushi fu 蒲呱水粉畫一百幅 -- 庭呱線描畫三百六十幅.

Contents note: Collection of watercolor and gouache paintings by Lam Qua, Tingqua, & Houqua produced as export art during the period from ca. 1830-1870. Most depict stylized views of everyday urban Chinese social activity and a variety of jobs: merchants, street vendors, butchers, craftsmen, money changers, candle makers, bow and arrowsmith, shoemakers, laborers, painters, metalsmiths, tailors, carpenters, selling "smuggled salt" (!) and many more.