Lot Essay
Cf. the pair, each with an Oriental child on its back, sold in these Rooms 19 May 1980, lot 22. Another, standing before a tree, was sold in these Rooms 25 November 1991, lot 28. See also Sir Harold Mackintosh, Bt., op. cit. (1938), p. 29, nos. 24 and 26 for a similar pair. See also Leslie B. Grigsby, op. cit. (1990), p. 353, no. 207 for a similarly modelled pair standing before fruiting trees and p. 354, no. 208 for an example with an Oriental boy seated on it's back.