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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR PAINTINGS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Depicting figures in an opium den and a traveler about to take tea, in George III frames, each with label to reverse inscribed Collection of DAVID ROCKEFELLER and 23.025 or 23.026, inscribed in yellow chalk 7566
19 in. (48 cm.) high, 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide, the larger
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Depicting figures in an opium den and a traveler about to take tea, in George III frames, each with label to reverse inscribed Collection of DAVID ROCKEFELLER and 23.025 or 23.026, inscribed in yellow chalk 7566
19 in. (48 cm.) high, 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide, the larger
Provenance
Collection of Lady Halifax, the wife of the British Ambassador to the U.S.
Acquired from J.M. Botibol, England, 1947.
Acquired from J.M. Botibol, England, 1947.
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