A Chinese export Canton enamel mirror, 18th century

Property of a descendant of William Beckford & The Dukes of Hamilton

A Chinese export Canton enamel mirror, 18th century

the enamel surface raised in places and decorated with flowers, fronds and scrolls punctuated with an applied mask, gilt-metal butterflies and paterae, losses and later mirror plate

29cm. high, 25cm. wide; 11½in., 9¾in.