Sold for:
$3,600
$3,600
Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Glass, early 19th century, after the painting by William Hamilton for John Boydell's collection of Shakespeare prints, depicting The Winter's Tale , act V, scene iii, in original Chinese giltwood frame, sight size 19 x 25 in. Provenance: Purchased from the Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, in 1998. N.B. Featured in the exhibition Chinese Glass Painting & Export Porcelain at the above gallery in 1996, and included in the catalogue of the same name, fig. 21. Areas of restoration along the left edge, to area of the floor and above the figures.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-06
