A Chinese Export Reverse Painted Glass Mirror
QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-1796)
of rectangular form, painted to the center with a lady seated on rockworks underneath a flowering peony tree with a bird perched atop, her right hand bearing a flower-filled basket and her left hand holding a staff, surrounded by various goats and pheasants, the background painted with a riverscape with houses and mountains, set within an European gilt wood frame.
13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (image).

Property from the Collection of a Gentleman, Michigan

Provenance:
Acquired from Arthur Ackermann & Son, Inc. of London and New York, Chicago, Illinois

Note:
For a similar example see English Furniture, Christie's London, November 28, 2002, sale 6648, lot 80