ID 1030865
Lot 239 | A LATE GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE-PAINTED OVERMANTEL MIRROR
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
CIRCA 1780
Two Chinese export reverse-painted mirrors flanking a central plain beveled mirror, probably replaced, within a reverse-painted mirror frame decorated with floral sprays, divided by carved giltwood acanthus leaves and with a giltwood border, the reverse with an applied paper label printed F.L. POPHAM, ESQ.
32 in. (81.3 cm.) high, 54 in. (137.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Collection of Francis Leybourne Popham, Esq., (1809-1880), Littlecote House, Wiltshire.
Property from Littlecote House; Sotheby's, London, 16 November 1990, lot 238.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
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