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Artworks
A PAIR OF GEORGE III PERIOD CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR PAINTINGS, Mirror paintings: Chinese, Qianlong, circa 1765
Frames: English, circa 1765, one frame of later dateHeight: 51 ½ in; 131 cm
Width: 26 ½ in; 67.5 cm4481821Further images
A rare pair of mid 18th century Chinese export reverse mirror paintings with bevelled edge depicting exotic birds and colourful flowers, each within a rococo giltwood frame carved with C-scrolls...A rare pair of mid 18th century Chinese export reverse mirror paintings with bevelled edge depicting exotic birds and colourful flowers, each within a rococo giltwood frame carved with C-scrolls and acanthus leaf, having a shaped pierced apron and a shaped top crested with opposing ho-ho birds.Provenance
Mallett, London, by repute;
Private collection, South Africa.Literature
Illustrated:
Geoffrey Wills, English Looking-glasses, 1965, p. 117, illus. 133-4.
