ATTRIBUTED TO SHANG TAI (19TH CENTURY) Praya Grande, Macau from Offshore, circa 1855THE RICHARD KELTON COLLECTIONATTRIBUTED TO SHANG TAI (19TH CENTURY)Praya Grande, Macau from Offshore, circa 1855Oil on canvas, on a stretcher, framed and glazed, titled in Chinese and Roman characters lower center; signed in stencil on the reverse 'Shang Tai Portrait Painter Macao'. 16 1/2 x 28 1/2in (42 x 72.4cm)（傳）Shang Tai　澳門南灣　布面油畫　鏡框　約一八五五年作Provenance:Christie's, New York, 15 October 1986, lot 62Vose Galleries, Boston, acquired from the above sale來源紐約佳士得，1986年10月15日，拍品編號62麻省波士頓Vose畫廊The Praya Grande was the chief waterfront promenade in Macau when the Portuguese held the peninsula. It was the site of storehouses, consulates, and government offices. The present view shows the small San Pedro Fort with a flagpole in the center of the beach. To the left is Penha Hill and its church, to the right is the Palacio and the East India Company House. This is the only known port view we have by Shang Tai, an otherwise unrecorded artist. -