A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE GLASS MIRROR PAINTING OF A LADY ON A BUFFALO QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

finely painted with a scene of a finely dressed lady seated on a buffalo, to her side stands a bearded gentleman with his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword, contemporary frame decorated in gilt with flower heads and foliage

A Chinese reverse painting on glass with a seated lady beside a bearded gentleman from the Dame Ada MacNaughten bequest, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated in Craig Clunas, Chinese Export Art and Design, London, 1987, no. 92, colour pl. 119.