Old pagodas in Canton
Austria, late 18th / early 19th C. - image-1

Lot 91 Dα

Old pagodas in Canton Austria, late 18th / early 19th C.

Auction 1237 - overview Cologne
16.11.2023, 10:00 - Stained Glass from four Centuries
Estimate: 800 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.260 € (incl. premium)

Old pagodas in Canton
Austria, late 18th / early 19th C.

Glass painted on reverse in eglomisé technique between a clear glass and an opalescent glass pane, painted in transparent lacquer pigments en camaieu against silver leaf and opaque black lacquer pigment. Ebonised and gilded softwood frame, H 22, W 24.2 cm.

This view of what is now Guangzhou depicts the imposing 57m high pagoda of the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees in the background.

Provenance

Pocking art dealership.

Literature

Illus. in Steiner, Landschaft in der Hinterglasmalerei des 18. Jahrhunderts, Berlin-Munich 2013, illus. 87.

Exhibitions

2013 Oberammergau Museum.