AN EXCEPTIONAL 18TH CENTURY CHINESE REVERSE PAINTED MIRROR
HOUSED IN A MAHOGANY CHINOISERIE FRAME, WITH PIERCED METAL GEOMETRIC PATTERNED HANGING HOOK. THE LIGHTLY FOXED MERCURY PLATE SERVING AS THE PERFECT BACKDROP FOR INTRICATELY PAINTED REVERSE DECORATION; INCORPORATING A PAIR OF HUMMINGBIRDS AT THE RIVER’S EDGE, CIRCLING LOLLOPING LOTUS FLOWERS, THEIR OVERSCALE VEINED LEAVES WITH AGING HOLES SHOWING THROUGH TO THE MERCURY, AND LIGHTLY THORNED STEMS. HUES OF AZURE BLUE, TURQUOISE, PALE YELLOW-GREENS, DEEP GREENS, AND CORAL RED. A RARE AND INTRICATE SURVIVOR.
H 74CM, 29” X W 53CM, 20 3/4”
AN EXCEPTIONAL 18TH CENTURY CHINESE REVERSE PAINTED MIRROR
HOUSED IN A MAHOGANY CHINOISERIE FRAME, WITH PIERCED METAL GEOMETRIC PATTERNED HANGING HOOK. THE LIGHTLY FOXED MERCURY PLATE SERVING AS THE PERFECT BACKDROP FOR INTRICATELY PAINTED REVERSE DECORATION; INCORPORATING A PAIR OF HUMMINGBIRDS AT THE RIVER’S EDGE, CIRCLING LOLLOPING LOTUS FLOWERS, THEIR OVERSCALE VEINED LEAVES WITH AGING HOLES SHOWING THROUGH TO THE MERCURY, AND LIGHTLY THORNED STEMS. HUES OF AZURE BLUE, TURQUOISE, PALE YELLOW-GREENS, DEEP GREENS, AND CORAL RED. A RARE AND INTRICATE SURVIVOR.
H 74CM, 29” X W 53CM, 20 3/4”
