Exceedingly Rare Chinese Pirate Ship Painting

 The red flag and pen ate depicted on this ship are the mark of China’s infamous Lady Pirate. In fact her flag gave rise to the maritime term blood rag. China’s Zheng Yi In 1801 commanded their flag fleet, in that year he fell in love with Ching Shih.

Under her rule the fleet grew and she became quite literally the most successful pirate in all of human history. One of her flags survives in a museum in China, I’m not aware of any other painting
From her ships from of that period, thousands of modern depictions and movie referenced art but not like an original.

And this rare piece is an original. There are very few of these paintings that are known to exist or survive and those that do are generally in museums like the Getty Museum in Los Angeles who owns some examples in their collection. I am proud to have four of these paintings on silk that were found in an abandoned mansion that belonged to a doctor who built the plantation in the 1880’s.

The physician traveled and worked in China during this period.

This painting has condition issues where there is missing fragments of silk that are gone. As they were stored in an old steamer trunk found in the attic. But the subject matter is intact and very presentable. You can look for forever and a day and not find another example.

Please take a moment to examine the other three examples. All International shipping must go with tracking. I will combine shipping as well to save you money.

7 x 11’ on a 9 x 13’ inch mounted border.