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Baggott Church Street Ltd
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19th Century Chinese Reverse Glass Painting
( China
c. 1840
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Dimensions
41.00cm wide
53.00cm high
(16.14 inches wide 20.87 inches high)
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Literature:
This reverse painting is of a type which was readily available in the shops of Canton for purchase by merchants and sailors as gifts.
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Description / Expertise
A Chinese reverse glass painting portraying a Chinese beauty, seated in fine Chinese silk robes and holding a Chinese fan, in an interior which opens to a verandah overlooking a mountainous landscape.
Framed in a moulded Chinese hardwood frame with pierced brass hanging loop.
Chinese, circa 1840
Stock No. 8584
Price £2,250.00
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