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The Asia was built at Norddeutsche Schiffsbau Gesellschaft in Kiel (yard no. 49) and delivered late 1872 or early 1873 to <i>Det Asiatiske Dampskibsselskab</i> of Copenhagen. In November 1873 she as sold on to <i>Dampskibsselskabet Kjøbenhavn</i> also of Copenhagen. During 1880 she was leased to the Thingvalla company of Copenhagen. Hit the Wyneck Rocks North of Cape Cornwall in August 1889 and sank. The painting was probably done during a visit to Hongkong in the 1870s. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=11104">http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=11104</a> (in Danish).</div>
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Unknown artist from China</div>
between 1872 and 1889 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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