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A BLACK AND GILT JAPANNED DRESSING-TABLE MIRROR
IN THE GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A BLACK AND GILT JAPANNED DRESSING-TABLE MIRROR
IN THE GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The shaped frame painted with pagodas and chinoiserie decoration, with later hinged support
22 3/8 x 19 1/8 in. (56.8 x 48.5 cm.)
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Lot Essay
Similar frames were also adopted for the display of mirror paintings (D.S. Howard, Three Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the Decorative Arts, Sotheby's Exhibition, 1997, fig.192).