Lot Essay
cf. J.M. Beurdely, op. cit., p. 91, pl. XVIII for an example in the Espirito Santo Collection, Lisbon which is illustrated together with the bearded 'Dutch Merchant'. D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, p. 612, pl. 641 suggest that both male and female models were taken from European prints. cf. also M. Jourdain and R.S. Jenyns, op. cit., p. III, for the example in the Ionides Collection, Buxted Park, Sussex; and G.C. Williamson, op. cit., pl. XLI for the example formerly in the Martin Hurst Collection.