Antique Chinese Export Mourning Reverse Painting on Glass

Pair Chinese Blue Ink & Wash Peonies & Pomegranates Paintings, Lingnan School, Aged Handmade Paper, Presented in Western Blue Polychromed & Gilt O...

Pair of Antique Asian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Panels. A pair or Vietnamese works Each one standing over 6-Feet tall, Intricately inlaid with numerous characters and threads, ...

Antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion Cross Cut Corner Square Bowl  China, 1900s This antique Chinese Export Rose Medallion cross-cut corner square bowl, dating from the 1900s, is a...

Chinese export lacquer and hardstone mirror, with various hardstone floral inlays in a gilt lacquer cartouche frame. The inset mirror is 22" x 2...

China Trade watercolor paintings of exotic birds on branches are in watercolor and gouache on Chinese paper. One picture depicts a pigeon perched on a tree branch with a landscape background. Chinese calligraphy can be seen in the top right corner. The second picture depicts two courting birds in shades of brown, both perched on a branch, also in a landscape background. Both paintings framed with a green silk mat and contemporary gilt and dark wood frame. Reference: Chinese Export...

A very large vintage Chinese export reverse glass painted figural hanging wall panel in a carved hardwood frame, early to mid-20th century...

Popularized during the Qing dynasty, reverse glass painting requires an artist to essentially work backwards, starting with details and shading before adding color and form. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effect, this exacting technique doesn't allow for any corrections, and is only revealed to its full effect when the glass pane is turned around. This example dates to the late 19th century and depicts the Taoist immortals He Xiangu and Cao Guojiu. Said to have attained immortality through their studies of the natural world, the Eight Immortals each represent a different condition in life and impart blessings of prosperity and longevity. The charming scene is likely one of a set of...

This Chinese portrait depicts a young woman and was painted using a reverse glass painting technique. Painting in reverse on the opposite side of a piece of glass meant the painter h...