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Reverse pained glass mirror: M.36-1938

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Reverse pained glass mirror

Maker(s)

Chinese School

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Description

Chinese reverse-painted mirror, made for the export market in a carved European giltwood frame.

Chinese reverse-painted mirror, made for the export market in a carved European giltwood frame.. A nobleman wearing a rank badge of a white crane, seated on a rock covered with a tiger skin. The man has a long white beaded necklace and rests his arm on a ceremonial drum. There a two white cranes at his feet and a servant to the right, bringing tea, with a river landscape beyond. In a carved European giltwood frame.
The outdoor scene shows a civil official. He is dressed in a dragon robe (jifu) because it has waves around the bottom, but it would be a stretch to say the artist was deliberately depicting a brown robe for a duke, marquis or son-in law of the emperor.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas, Esq. 1938

Measurements and weight

Height: 36.3 cm
Width: 52.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Guangzhou ⪼ China

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Byas, Cecil E.

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1750 - Circa 1800

School or Style

Chinese School

Components of the work

Frame composed of wood ( gilded)

Materials used in production

Glass

Techniques used in production

Reverse-painting : Painted with oil

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.36-1938
Primary reference Number: 312332
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Created: Friday 10 March 2023 Updated: Monday 27 January 2025 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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