Asian Art I - 22nd May 2013
Lot 191
A Chinese reverse glass painting late 18th century
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £6400
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Description
A Chinese reverse glass painting late 18th century, with a Chinese woman as a shepherdess and a boy playing a pipe at her side, both seated on rocks, she wears a floral headdress and elaborate robes with flowers and gilt foliage, a ram, two sheep and a lamb in the foreground with buildings and mountains beyond, in a gilt wood frame, minor damages to the plate, 88cm x 35cm.
Cf. Child, World Mirrors 1650-1900, for related examples.
十八世紀晚期 玻璃畫人物三陽開泰