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A Chinese export 18th century reverse painted mirror the mirror Qing dynasty with signs of refreshment to the decoration in some places, the frame possibly George III period image 1

Selected Furniture from a West Country Estate

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A Chinese export 18th century reverse painted mirror
the mirror Qing dynasty with signs of refreshment to the decoration in some places, the frame possibly George III period

Fine Decorative Arts

5 July 2024, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £12,800 inc. premium

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A Chinese export 18th century reverse painted mirror

the mirror Qing dynasty with signs of refreshment to the decoration in some places, the frame possibly George III period
Decorated with a pheasant perched upon a rocky outcrop and clawing at a toad, with a dragonfly and a tree amidst a florid and riverside rural landscape with buildings in the background and mountains in the distance, within a foliate C- and S-scroll, floral and pomegranate carved surround, 101cm high x 49.5cm wide.

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A similar reverse painted mirror to the offered lot, likewise dating to the late 18th century, sold Christie's, New York, 19 October 2023, The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty, lot 61. Other related examples which have sold at auction include one at Christie's, New York, 9 May 2018, The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, lot 212, as well as an impressive pair which sold Christie's, New York, 23 October 2022, The Anne and Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4, lot 605. Another model sold Christie's, London, 23 May 2012, The English Collector, lot 261.

A further comparable, one from a pair dating to the Qianlong period, circa 1760, appears illustrated in G. Child, World Mirrors, 1650-1900, 1990, London, fig. 820, p. 379.

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