IDENTIFIERS
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id:	312334
accession number:	M.38-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Friday 10 March 2023
updated:	Thursday 14 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Chinese reverse-painted mirror, made for the export market in a carved European giltwood frame. A lady is seated beneath a tree with peonies growing at the base. She wears a garment that is decorated with a four-clawed dragon emerging from the waves. The man behind the tree wears an official hat and gilt roundel, suggesting he could be a Manchurian prince. His left hand holds a plum tree branch and right hand holds a folding fan resting on a rock. A Chinese maid to the left offers a fruit tray to the female aristocrat.
object type: Chinese reverse-painted mirror, made for the export market in a carved European giltwood frame. Painted with oil.
title:	reverse-painted mirror

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas, Esq. 1938

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/312334





TECHNIQUES
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reverse-painting

CATEGORIES
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category: mirror

DATING
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creation date:	1750 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1750
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Chinese School

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Image(height)
units: cm
value: 71.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 54