Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
160B |
Object Name |
Picture, Genre |
Date |
c. 1820 |
Description |
Reverse glass painting "Western Beauty", by an unknown Chinese artist, circa 1820. One of a pair of Chinese export eglomise paintings of a young Western woman (160A and 160B). Reverse painting on glass with eglomise background. An oblong black panel with a center oval containing a shoulder length portrait in polychrome of a lady with long curly black hair. The figure has a red ribbon in her hair, wears a red dress with a shawl and holds material in her hands. |
Dimensions |
W-10.236 L-12.48 inches |
Artist |
Chinese School; unsigned |
Place of Origin |
Chinese |
Material |
paint, glass, wood |