Lot 410
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A CHINESE REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS
A CHINESE REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS
First Half 19th Century
Depicting a scene of scholars or officials, their heads covered in red hoods, and attendants gathered in a winter landscape to welcome a newcomer on horseback crossing a bridge, with compounds of buildings nestled amidst low hills at the foot of mountains in the distance
22 x 29in. (56 x 75cm.) framed

Lot Essay

While it is unusual to find such a depiction of a winterscape, C.L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, 1991, p. 189, pl. 91 illustrates a closely related winter scene executed in gouache by Fatque, dated 1824.