Live Auction 6392East & West: A Private Collection from Eaton Square & Anouska Hempel
A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE-PAINTED MIRROR PICTURE
Lot 90

A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE-PAINTED MIRROR PICTURE

CIRCA 1770

Closed2 May 2013

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GBP 67,875

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A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE-PAINTED MIRROR PICTURE
CIRCA 1770
The bevelled plate painted with two European ladies, one playing a cello, the other a harpsichord, in a pavilion framed by blue drapery beside a palm tree, a rocky landscape beyond, in original moulded zitan frame with bronze handle, inscribed to the reverse in red chalk 'over fireplace'
36¾ x 22¾ in. (93.5 x 58 cm.) overall

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes Burns, sister of J.P. Morgan, North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire.
Thence by descent to Major-General Sir George Burns, KCVO, CB, DSO, OBE, MC, North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire; sold Christie's house sale, 24-26 September 1979, lot 66.