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Lot 835 Dα

A Chinese reverse glass portrait painting

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €

A Chinese reverse glass portrait painting

Pair of eglomisé portraits depicting a man and a woman in courtly Chinese style costume standing on a gallery before a water landscape. In a polychrome softwood surround. Horizontal crack through the portrait of the lady. Frame H 33.5, W 28.5 cm.
China, late 18th / 19th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Rome.