Live Auction 7095IMPORTANT ENGLISH FURNITURE AND CARPETS
A CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR-PAINTING
Lot 3

A CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR-PAINTING

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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GBP 13,200

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A CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR-PAINTING
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular plate depicting two seated ladies with books beside a river and beneath a rocky outcrop, with houses beyond, in a George III style giltwood and gilt-composition pierced rockwork frame
37 x 24½ in. (94 x 62 cm.)

Specialist note

Related Chinese figures, in decorative rococo frames, were hung in a bedroom apartment at Saltram, Devon, whose walls were hung in the Parisian fashion with early 18th century scenic Chinese wallpaper (National Trust Guide, Saltram, 1975, p. 23).