PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FREDERICK A. AND SHARON L. KLINGENSTEIN
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR PAINTINGS
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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Price Realised USD 50,000
Estimate
USD 40,000 - USD 60,000
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In good overall condition and ready to hang. The sky with foxing and extensive touch ups to the silvering. Overall with some losses to the pigment. The surface of the glass good and with only minor wear. The trees with losses to the pigment on each example, but more so on the example with two women. On the example with two women, with scattered touch ups to each of their faces. On the example with a man and a woman, with some losses to the pigment in the bottom right area of the water. With some lifting, losses and flaking to the gilt and painted decoration on the frame.
The panels measure 34 in. high, 20 in. wide, out of the frame
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Lot 53Sale 19031
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH CENTURYA PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR PAINTINGSEstimate: USD 40,000 - 60,000
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