Chinese export mirror glass reverse painting with a lady in a garden setting, Qianlong reign, original frame in Chinese hardwood.

Rare and fine Chinese export mirror glass reverse painting with a lady in a garden setting, c. 1770, Qianlong reign, Qing dynasty, original frame in Chinese hardwood, certainly huanghuali (yellow flowering pear) d. 23,5x18 cm, 9¼x7 1/8 in. 8.12055.

Illustrated: Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, by A. Varela Santos, 2018/2019, cat. 103.

Literature: A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, by D.S. Howard, 1997 London, p. 152, cat. 196 for an almost identical pattern painted on reverse glass dated c. 1780.

中國外銷反畫玻璃鏡，繪有花園仕女圖，罕見且精美，約1770年，清乾隆，中國黃花梨硬木原框，23.5x18釐米；9¼ x 7 1/8英吋。

圖示：《中國陶瓷及工藝精品》，作者阿.瓦瑞拉.山度士，編號 103。

參考文獻：《三城記：廣州，上海和香港》，作者D.S. Howard，1997年倫敦出版，參見第152頁， 編號196約1780年間製作，繪著幾乎相同紋飾的反畫玻璃。