MID-18TH CENTURY

细节

A CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR-PAINTING
MID-18TH CENTURY
The rectangular plate depicting a seated lady in an embroided silk robe with shepherd and his sheep, cattle and goats before a lake with sampans, with a village and temple beyond, in a George III style pierced rockwork giltwood frame
21¾ x 32¼ in. (55 x 83 cm.)

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拍品专文

These picturesque vignettes of flourishing Chinese riverside landscapes with light-reflecting sky united the early Georgian overmantel mirror and painting. One such pastoral scene of a shepherdess formed part of the Chinese lacquer and porcelain acquired by the banker and East India merchant, Samuel Child (d. 1752) of Osterley Park, Middlesex (J. Hardy and M. Tomlin, Osterley Park House, London, 1985, pp. 52 and 55). A similar scene featured on a mirror in the collection of H. J. Joel, Esq., Childwick Bury, St. Alban's, Hertforshire, sold Christie's house sale, 15 May 1978, lot 57.