A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE-PAINTED MIRROR PICTURES

CIRCA 1750, IN LATER GILTWOOD FRAMES

Details

A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE-PAINTED MIRROR PICTURES
CIRCA 1750, IN LATER GILTWOOD FRAMES
Each depicting a pair of exotic birds in the foreground perched on rocks and foliage, with lake scenes and mountains beyond and bamboo and other trees to either side, within a later pierced C-scroll, rockwork and rush-wrapped frame with water-dripping urns to the lower corners and arched pagoda cresting, re-gilt
50¼ x 30 7/8 in. (127.5 x 78.5 cm.) (2)

Provenance

H.J. Joel, Esq., Childwick Bury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire; sold Christie's London, 15 May 1978, lot 56.

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Lot Essay

A virtually identical depiction of two pheasants to those featured in one of this pair of mirrors is illustrated in Graham Child's World Mirrors 1650-1900 (London, 1990), pp. 350 & 377, fig. 817, who dates the pair as Qianlong period, circa 1750.

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