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A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE-GLASS PAINTING

Offered by: Hyde Park Antiques

Description
The rectangular landscape scene depicting a couple reciting poetry in front of a lake, with a child and pheasants; within a later giltwood frame.

Often as pairs, outdoor scenes with aristocratic Chinese couples playing music and reciting poetry in a natural environment are very common in Chinese reverse-glass painting. See T. Audric, Chinese Reverse Glass Painting 1720-1820, 2016, pp. 174–180, figs. 43–67, 102, 102 and 108.

See also a 'music' painting similar in style and composition, National Trust Collection, Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, inv. NT 452428.

More Information

Origin:	China
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Gouache on glass
Condition:	Excellent
Creation Date:	CIRCA 1760
Styles / Movements:	Asian Art
200 Lex Booth #:	54
Book References:	See also a 'music' painting similar in style and composition, National Trust Collection, Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire.
Dealer Reference #:	8523-11
Incollect Reference #:	713302

Dimensions

W.	30 in;	H.	20 in;
W.	76.2 cm;	H.	50.8 cm;

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