Chinese export porcelain model of a Dutch man seated on a barrel after a Delft original, Qianlong.

Large Chinese export porcelain model of a Dutch man seated on a barrel after a Delft original, decorated in famille rose (fencai) palette enamels, c. 1770, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, h. 34 cm, 13 ½ in. 7.8154

Literature:

• Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, by A. du Boulay, p. 293, for a similar figure;

• Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, by M Beurdeley, Fribourg 1974, p. 193, cat. 172 for a similar piece from the Yves Mallié Collection, Paris;

• Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, by W.R. Sargent, Salem, MA 2012, pp. 470/471/472, cat. 261 for a similar figure.