China Trade Portrait of the American Clipper Ship “Oriental” Sailing out of Hong Kong Harbor to Boston, 19th Century.  The Oriental was built in 1849 in New York by Jacob Bell for the New York merchants A.A. Low and Brother. The ship was designed for trade to China. At the time she held the record for the fastest New York to Hong Kong trip in 81 days, and was the first American ship to carry a tea cargo from China to London, in contemporary ebonized and carved gilt rope frame

20.5 in. x 25.5 in. Framed 28 in. x 32.5 in.