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LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A NORTH EUROPEAN WHITE-AND-BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT OVERMANTEL MIRROR
Late 18th early 19th Century
The rectangular plate within a Gothic moulded border flanked by spirally-reeded columns with lotus-leaf capitals simulated by a frieze carved with umbrellas hung with drops with cavetto-moulded cornice mounted with eleven dolphins issuing two bells and with stepped cresting, centred by a Chinaman with outstretched arms holding an umbrella, with two seated Chinamen to either side, the figures and the dolphins repositioned, refreshments to the decoration
67 x 57 in. (170 x 145 cm.)
Late 18th early 19th Century
The rectangular plate within a Gothic moulded border flanked by spirally-reeded columns with lotus-leaf capitals simulated by a frieze carved with umbrellas hung with drops with cavetto-moulded cornice mounted with eleven dolphins issuing two bells and with stepped cresting, centred by a Chinaman with outstretched arms holding an umbrella, with two seated Chinamen to either side, the figures and the dolphins repositioned, refreshments to the decoration
67 x 57 in. (170 x 145 cm.)
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