A RARE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING Late 18th centuryA RARE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGLate 18th century Gouache on glass, depicting various fish on a table, glazed and framed. The frame, 49cm (19 1/4in) wide x 43cm (17in) high.十八世紀晚期 外銷玻璃畫The present lot evokes the influence of 18th century French painter of still-life Jean Simeon Chardin (1699-1779), who is perhaps most well known for his painting 'The Ray', with various fish on a table. The present lot however, includes unusually a classical Chinese-style table, encapsulating the meeting between East and West. Compare with a related reverse glass painting of pheasants on a table, circa 1790, illustrated by T.Audric, Chinese Reverse Glass Painting 1720-1820: An Artistic Meeting Between China and the West, Bern, 2020, p.225, no.424.