道光戊申年（1848）“文移北斗”木匾 the large sign of rectangular form, carved and painted with characters, '文移北斗', and dated to the wushen year of the Daoguang period corresponding to 1848.
Height 21 3/4 x width 56 in., 55.5 x 142.3 cm.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Sam Cowan is the Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Interiors Interiors by Freeman's.
Sam has spent his life in the auction industry, accompanying his father, Wes Cowan to auctions, trade shows and eventually to his own eponymous auction house, in the mid-1990s. He joined his father’s auction house, Cowan’s, full-time in 2012 in the Arms and Armor department and as a fine and decorative arts specialist, a department where he would ultimately become director. Sam has an interest in 20th century design, pottery, early advertising, historic Americana and antique firearms. He is a licensed auctioneer in three states and is a featured appraiser on The Antiques Roadshow.
