LADIES IN A PALACE COMPOUND

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A CHINESE SCHOOL, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
LADIES IN A PALACE COMPOUND
Reverse painting on mirror
27½ x 23¼ in. (69.8 x 59 cm.), within a carved wooden frame

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Lot Essay

Compare with a large painting on paper illustrated by J. Wirgin (Fran Kina till Europa, p. 300), where he notes the fascination Chinese artists had for trompe l'oeil perspective architectural renderings in this period, having just learned the vanishing point technique from Jesuit artists at the court in Beijing.

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