Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
A RARE DIMINUTIVE CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING | QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀末/ 十九世紀初 美人圖鏡畫
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January 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
A RARE DIMINUTIVE CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
清十八世紀末/ 十九世紀初 美人圖鏡畫
delicately painted in the center with a lady in a pink robe holding a peony, to her left a vase filled with flowers and to her right a ship on a river with further landscape in the background, in a gilt wood frame
Height 2 in., 5.1 cm; width 2¾ in., 7 cm
Northeast Auctions, Hampton, New Hampshire, August 8, 1993, lot 855
The painting is notable for its extremely small size, which appears to be a complete work and not reduced from a larger composition. It is possible that this is one small panel taken from a larger frame, or the work itself was intended to be portable.