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拍品專文
The importation of Chinese paintings on glass and mirror, brilliantly colored and appropriate for 'cabinets of the curious', contributed to the European fascination with the Chinese taste in the 18th and 19th centuries. Canton, a great commercial port, was the center for this art.
Imported mirror plates were typically used because although Chinese glass production was established in the Forbidden City by Imperial edict in 1696 and foreign craftsmen employed there, the Chinese product was not as thick or desirable as its European counterpart (see G. Child, World Mirrors, London, 1990, p.362). While some of these pictures were copied from imported Dutch, French and English engravings, many depicted Chinese figures at leisure within exotic landscapes.
This painting retains its original black and gilt lacquer frame. Similar Chinese frames appear on a pair of paintings sold Christie's London, 12 July 1990, lot 33, and a single painting sold in these Rooms, 16 October 1998, lot 116.
Imported mirror plates were typically used because although Chinese glass production was established in the Forbidden City by Imperial edict in 1696 and foreign craftsmen employed there, the Chinese product was not as thick or desirable as its European counterpart (see G. Child, World Mirrors, London, 1990, p.362). While some of these pictures were copied from imported Dutch, French and English engravings, many depicted Chinese figures at leisure within exotic landscapes.
This painting retains its original black and gilt lacquer frame. Similar Chinese frames appear on a pair of paintings sold Christie's London, 12 July 1990, lot 33, and a single painting sold in these Rooms, 16 October 1998, lot 116.