LOT 554 A PAIR OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS DEPICTING A MANCHU NOBLEMA...
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A PAIR OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS DEPICTING A MANCHU NOBLEMAN AND LADY, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. One painting depicting a lady seated at the window, leaning on a table, with a pipe in her left, her hair embellished with pearls, dressed in fine robes with floral patterns, calligraphy hanging in the background. The other painting with a smoking nobleman, dressed in a blue robe with floral decorations, a poem by Wan Chu depicted behind him on the wall. Both framed within a roundel reserved on a background of pomegranates, lotus, butterflies, and gourds on a dense blue and white floral ground.Inscriptions: The calligraphy on the wall behind the nobleman is from a poem titled ‘Wu ri guan ji’ on the beauty of a woman by the Tang poet Wan Chu.Provenance: French trade.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear to the paint. The wood frames with few small nicks, drilled holes for mounting, and expected minor age cracks.Dimensions: Size incl. frame 55 x 40.6 cm and 55.3 x 40.4 cm, Image size 48.8 x 34 cm and 48.7 x 34.5With two matching wood frames of the period. (4)Literatureparison:For a closely related example of two reverse glass portraits of a Mandarin man and woman, dated ca. 1858, a gift of Lawrence W. Jenkins to the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, accession numbers 1956 M8873 and 1956 M8874.Auction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Edinburgh, 10 July 2013, lot 370Price: GBP 1,750 or approx.EUR 2,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A reverse painting on glass of a Manchu boy 19th centuryExpert remark:pare the closely related motif, pose, background, and size (42 x 34). Note that this lot contains only one painting.清代一對玻璃畫人物肖像中國,十九世紀。開光描畫人物。畫中的婦人鳳眼、柳葉眉、櫻桃小嘴、窄溜肩,配上華貴的髮飾和服裝,倚窗而坐,左手拿著煙斗。另一幅畫中見一貴人,身著藍色碎花長袍。四周石榴、蓮花、蝴蝶和葫蘆紋飾,濃密的藍色和白色花卉為地。款識:背景文字取唐代萬楚《五日觀妓》:西施謾道浣溪紗,碧玉今時斗麗華。眉黛奪將萱草色。
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