拍品 12
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A GEORGE III GREY-PAINTED MIRROR
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FROM A HOUSE IN EATON PLACE (LOTS 1 - 15)
A GEORGE III GREY-PAINTED MIRROR

CIRCA 1760

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A GEORGE III GREY-PAINTED MIRROR
CIRCA 1760
The rectangular divided bevelled plates within a gadrooned frame surmounted by a ho-ho bird and confronted C-scrolls, the sides with squirrels, birds and dogs perched on scrolling branches and acanthus, with a foliate C-scroll apron
79 x 37 in. (201 x 94 cm.)
来源
Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1992, lot 83.

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The carved and painted mirror is inspired by designs for pier glasses published by Thomas Chippendale (d.1779) in the Director (1754, 56 and 62). It relates to a pair of giltwood pier glasses that also feature squirrels possibly commissioned either for Newby Park or Studley Royal, Yorkshire and sold in these rooms, 'Mount Congreve: The London Sale', 23 May 2012, lot 104, £133,250 including premium.