A Chinese black and white photographic portrait of a dignitary in a carved frame, dated 1901 -- Description: Photo: 13,9 x 9,8 cmÊ Frame: 24,8 x 18,7 cmÊÊ Ê Provenance: Jean Jadot ('Souvenir affectuant ˆ Mr et Me Jadot, Shanghaï, 4 mars 1901').Ê The person depicted is the adviser to the Director of the Chinese Railway Company, who was, together with Jean Jadot, in charge of the development of the railway (see: G. Kurgan, Jean Jadot, architect of the Belgian expansion in China, Academie royal of overseas sciences, Brussels, 1965).