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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE-PAINTED MIRROR PICTURE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Depicting two young ladies seated at a desk with books, outside beneath a tree with pagodas beyond, one girl handing the other a flower, in a later arched shaped black and gilt japanned moulded frame, with printed label to the reverse 'A.B. DANIELL & SONS, 42, 44, 46 WIGMORE STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON DEALERS IN FINE OLD ENGRAVINGS, OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, ANTIQUE CHINA & GLASS' and inscribed in red 'over Sitting Room door'
24 x 22½ in. (61 x 57 cm.) overall
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Depicting two young ladies seated at a desk with books, outside beneath a tree with pagodas beyond, one girl handing the other a flower, in a later arched shaped black and gilt japanned moulded frame, with printed label to the reverse 'A.B. DANIELL & SONS, 42, 44, 46 WIGMORE STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON DEALERS IN FINE OLD ENGRAVINGS, OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, ANTIQUE CHINA & GLASS' and inscribed in red 'over Sitting Room door'
24 x 22½ in. (61 x 57 cm.) overall
Provenance
Acquired from A.B. Daniell & Sons in the late 19th/early 20th century by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes Burns, sister of J.P. Morgan, North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire.
Thence by descent to Major-General Sir George Burns, KCVO, CB, DSO, OBE, MC, North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire; sold Christie's house sale, 24-26 September 1979, lot 60.
Thence by descent to Major-General Sir George Burns, KCVO, CB, DSO, OBE, MC, North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire; sold Christie's house sale, 24-26 September 1979, lot 60.
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