A half length portrait of Wu Bingjian (Howqua/Houqua), Canton, circa 1840/50

A third portrait atttributed to Tingqua (or his studio) – see Macao’s Porto Exterior here and the Canton Factories here. This one is a half length portrait of Wu Bingjian (Howqua/Houqua), Canton, circa 1840/50 seated holding beads in his left hand, wearing a plush purple, fur lined robe with civil rank badge of a Crane, his lower blue garment with a gold dragon, within a hand painted European style border, the quality of which would lead one to assign an attribution it to the Tingqua studio, watercolour, 22cm x 18.5cm.