A George III period Chinese export reverse mirror painting (4421421) (c. 1775 China)

60.50 cm wide   96.50 cm high

23.82 inches wide  37.99 inches high

Graham Child, ‘World of Mirrors 1650-1900’, London 1990, p.351, illus. 818.

A fine mid 18th century Chinese export reverse mirror painting. The upright rectangular bevelled plate within the original pearl moulded giltwood frame depicting a Chinese courtly lady smoking pipe on an opium bed, with a dog in the foreground, visible through the loosely draped open curtains is a meandering river with forest on its shores.

The same Chinese lady appears in a painting illustrated in Graham Child, ‘World of Mirrors’, wearing identical dress and jewellery, and also holding a pipe.

The Painting: Chinese export Qianlong, circa 1775.

The Frame: English, circa 1775.

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