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Maarten Platje
Pagoda Anchorage
2016

Name: Pagoda Anchorage
Brand: Maarten Platje
Rating: 4.7 (11 reviews)

$37,500List Price

About the Item

Pagoda Anchorage - The starting point of the famous Tea Races Tea was introduced from China to Europe in the 17th century as a luxury item. It was in the 19th century that tea was transported in large quantities. In that time China was the main center of production. The British East India Company’s monopoly of the trade from China to Britain ceased in 1834. This opening to competition meant that faster ships were needed, as merchants vied to be first in the market with each new crop of tea. Unlike the slower East Indiamen that had carried tea during that company’s monopoly, the tea clippers were designed for speed. Those that had achieved particularly fast passages could usually command a higher price for transporting the cargo than others. In the middle third of the 19th century, the clippers which carried cargoes of tea towards Britain would compete in informal races to be the first ship to dock in London with the new crop of each season. These races were keenly followed in the press. Famous is the Great Tea Race of 1866 with an extremely close finish. Clipper Teaping docked 28 minutes before the Ariel after a passage of more than 14.000 miles and 99 days at sea. Foochow, currently known as Mawei, was the starting point of the Chinese tea trade with Great Britain. Over the years, this port has changed significantly but the Pagoda on the ness in the river still is a recognizable landmark. The painting offers the spectator a view on the Pagoda Anchorage as it was on the 4th of July 1869. The time is 07.00 hours. The clipper on the left is the British Sir Lancelot, built in 1865 by Robert Steele in Greenock. Captain of the ship was Dickie Robinson. The Sir Lancelot was a beautiful ship called the ‘yacht of the Indian Ocean’. Small Chinese boats, Sampans, are busy bringing the tea crop on board the clipper anchored in the bay. The clipper behind the Sir Lancelot, is the anchored clipper Falcon. In the middle of the painting you can see the clipper Spindrift leaving the Pagoda Bay assisted by small steam harbor tug. Although Sir Lancelot set sail on the 17th of July (13 days after Spindrift) Captain Robinson spotted the Spindrift in the vicinity of Cape of Good Hope. The captain of the Spindrift then tried to misinform Robinson by flying false name signals. The Sir Lancelot arrived in the docks of London on the 14th of October, four days before the Spindrift. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the subsequent introduction of steam powered ships brought an end to the glorious era of the mighty Tea Clippers. - Maarten Platje, August 2016.

Creator:
Maarten Platje (1967, Dutch)
Creation Year:
2016
Dimensions:
Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 39.25 in (99.7 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement Style:
Realist
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Greenwich, CT
Reference Number:
Seller: MP1607021stDibs: LU1811142013

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