Details
A Zand papier mache polychrome lacquer octagonal mirror case
the cover depicting two seated musicians in a garden before a building, the reverse with a couple on a terrace overlooking a river landscape, one figure holding a bird, the inner cover with further figures in an interior overlooking a tree strewn garden -- 6 1/8in. (15.5cms) long, circa 1770, (old damages and chips).
See Colour Plate 5.
Provenance: The Marquess of Tweedale (1787-1876) who served as Governor of Madras (1842-1848).
the cover depicting two seated musicians in a garden before a building, the reverse with a couple on a terrace overlooking a river landscape, one figure holding a bird, the inner cover with further figures in an interior overlooking a tree strewn garden -- 6 1/8in. (15.5cms) long, circa 1770, (old damages and chips).
See Colour Plate 5.
Provenance: The Marquess of Tweedale (1787-1876) who served as Governor of Madras (1842-1848).