Lot 443
443
A CHINESE-EXPORT GILT-HEIGHTENED LACQUER DRESSING MIRROR
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A CHINESE-EXPORT GILT-HEIGHTENED LACQUER DRESSING MIRROR

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE-EXPORT GILT-HEIGHTENED LACQUER DRESSING MIRROR
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The oval bevelled plate within a floral and zig-zag patterned border, between shaped supports and beneath an oval looped cresting, above a serpentine base with two long drawers, with shaped apron and bracket feet
34¾in. (88.4cm.) high; 20½in. (52cm.) wide; 10½in. (26.5cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The unusual decorative treatment of this mirror, with its distinctive zig-zag patterns with bands of grape leaf on black and peonies on gold grounds, is exemplary of the lacquerware made in Canton for the export market between 1785 - 1820, closely following European designs (C. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, Woodbridge, 1991, pp. 264-266).

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