Lot Essay
Similar frames were also adopted for the display of mirror paintings (D.S. Howard, Three Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the Decorative Arts, Sotheby's Exhibition, 1997, fig.192).
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THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, RESTORATIONS
Details
A GEORGE III BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DRESSING TABLE-MIRROR
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, RESTORATIONS
With later plate in a shaped frame painted with pagodas and chinoiserie decoration, on later easel support
20½ x 16 in. (52 x 40.2 cm.)
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, RESTORATIONS
With later plate in a shaped frame painted with pagodas and chinoiserie decoration, on later easel support
20½ x 16 in. (52 x 40.2 cm.)
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