Lot Essay
A cartouche-shaped reverse-painted mirror picture, obviously taken from the same printed source, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's Monaco, 16 July 1990, lot 840.
THE BORDER MID-18TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE-PAINTED MIRROR PICTURE
The border mid-18th Century
The later cartouche-shaped central plate in a border with a scene of three chinese figures seated in an extensive river landscape flanked on each side by a flowering tree rising to the sides and top of the central plate, in a modern giltwood frame, the border with three cracks
23 in. x 20¾ in. (58.5 cm. x 52.5 cm.)
The border mid-18th Century
The later cartouche-shaped central plate in a border with a scene of three chinese figures seated in an extensive river landscape flanked on each side by a flowering tree rising to the sides and top of the central plate, in a modern giltwood frame, the border with three cracks
23 in. x 20¾ in. (58.5 cm. x 52.5 cm.)