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QIANLONG (1736-95)
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A CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE-GLASS MIRROR PAINTING
QIANLONG (1736-95)
Painted with a domestic scene depicting an elegant lady seated by a table holding a fan watching two small boys seated in an open doorway, through which a mountainous riverscape is visible, she wearing a beige jacket and white skirt both decorated with dragon roundels, a ruyi-shaped pendant necklace and flowers and ornaments in her hair, one of the boys plays a flute while the other beats time on a muyu (wooden fish), the glass repaired
29 3/8 x 17 in. (74.7 x 42.2 cm.), contemporary Chinese wood frame
QIANLONG (1736-95)
Painted with a domestic scene depicting an elegant lady seated by a table holding a fan watching two small boys seated in an open doorway, through which a mountainous riverscape is visible, she wearing a beige jacket and white skirt both decorated with dragon roundels, a ruyi-shaped pendant necklace and flowers and ornaments in her hair, one of the boys plays a flute while the other beats time on a muyu (wooden fish), the glass repaired
29 3/8 x 17 in. (74.7 x 42.2 cm.), contemporary Chinese wood frame
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 27 April 2006, lot 70.
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