Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 21

Pair of Chinese Export Reverse Paintings on Mirrors, Still Life#2

About the Item

Pair of charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse paintings on mirrors, depicting the Chinese traditional interior setting with the flowers in vases on wood stands, Bonsais in ceramic planters, books, and so forth The paintings come with their original hardwood frames, and the old pins in the back of the panels. Each painting is measured 16.5" x 22.5". Reverse glass pictures became fashionable in the 18th century. Glass panels were sent from Europe to China by sea, where they were painted to order, framed, and then returned to the West for inclusion in Chinese-inspired interiors.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Width: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    19th Century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Norton, MA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5848232242712
More From This SellerView All
  • Large Chinese Export Reverse Paintings on Mirror
    Located in Norton, MA
    A large charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse painting on mirror, depicting a man asking for a marriage. Reverse glass pictu...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Mirror, Wood

  • Antique Large Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Mirror
    Located in Norton, MA
    A large charming late 19th-century to early 20th-century, Chinese export reverse mirror painting, depicting a lady setting in her library. The ...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Wood

  • Antique Large Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Mirror #2
    Located in Norton, MA
    A large charming late 19th-century to early 20th-century, Chinese export reverse mirror painting, depicting a lady playing a Chinese musical in...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Wood

  • Pair of Chinese Export Reverse Paintings On Glass and Mirror, Double Panes
    Located in Norton, MA
    Pair of charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse glass and mirror paintings, depicting two noblewomen within an interior setting with the typical Chinese Traditional customs and ...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Wood, Mirror

  • Antique Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Glass
    Located in Norton, MA
    A charming late 19th-century to early 20th-century, Chinese export reverse glass painting, depicting a noblewoman within a courtyard setting with a kid who is holding a lotus, walkin...
    Category

    Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Wood

  • Chinese Export Reverse Paintings on Mirror-The Boy with a Crane
    Located in Norton, MA
    A large charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse painting on the mirror, depicting a boy and a crane in the garden. Reverse glass pictures became fashionable in the 18th cent...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Mirror, Wood

You May Also Like
  • Pair of Chinese Reverse Paintings on Glass
    Located in Essex, MA
    Each nicely painted in reverse. One depicting a boy playing a flute to a terrapin in a sea and the other a man in a sea rising over a man floating in a shell. Carved wood frames.
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass

  • Verre Eglomise Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting
    Located in Vero Beach, FL
    Antique Verre Eglomise Chinese Export reverse glass painting. Beautiful Chinese reverse glass painting of two women in a Chinese garden with a scroll. This painting is particularly vibrant and exquisite in color and detail. The wood frame painting...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Wood

  • Antique Chinese Export Qing Dynasty Reverse Painting on Glass of Children 1860
    Located in Portland, OR
    A very fine antique Qing dynasty Chinese export reverse painting on glass, circa 1860. The painting depicts two children from the Imperial court, wearing very finely embroidered robe...
    Category

    Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass

  • Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting of Warriors in Landscape, circa 1825
    Located in Kinderhook, NY
    A fine circa 1825 Chinese Export polychrome reverse glass painting of a warrior group with horse and 'Budai' in a river landscape housed in original 'Chinese Chippendale' parcel-gilt...
    Category

    Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

  • Antique Chinese pair of Reverse Glass Paintings
    Located in Point Richmond, CA
    Antique Chinese Pair of Reverse Glass Paintings, each depicting a young lady seated at a table, one with flute in hand, the other with a fan, each seated on a chair with a red cover ...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass

  • Chinese Reverse Glass Table Screen with Floral Still Life, c. 1850
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to sectio...
    Category

    Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

    Materials

    Glass, Wood

Recently Viewed

View All