AFTER DING GUANPENG ET AL, CIRCA 1765

PORTRAITS OF FOREIGNERS, A PAIR

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AFTER DING GUANPENG ET AL, CIRCA 1765
PORTRAITS OF FOREIGNERS, A PAIR
Ink and colors on silk
A lady with long scarf reading a book and a gentleman in tricorn hat and purple cloak
12¾ x 9¾ in. (32.4 x 24.7 cm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

Howard & Ayers (op. cit., p. 27) believe that these figures, described in the text as "from a minor Western country," are Scandinavians and translate the inscriptions as: She wears leather shoes and loves to read books on needlework and He traveled about 10,000 li through the Western ocean to trade in Kuangtung.

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