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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
Chinese Reverse Glass Painting
Moulded Chinese hardwood frame with carved key pattern border.
The painting portrays two oriental beauties in fine Chinese silk robes, each holding a Chinese fan, seated on a verandah opening to a garden.
Reverse painting of this type were readily available in the shops of Canton for purchase
by merchants and sailors as gifts.
Chinese, circa 1840
Height 22.5” (57cm) Width 16.5” (42cm)
Stock No. 8583
Price £2,250.00
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