PL-1003
A Fine 19th Century Chinese Reverse Glass Painting of a Landscape
Description
Period: 19th Century
Origin: China
Depth: 4″
Height: 21″
Width: 29″
Maker: Unknown
Material: Glass
Excellent Original Condition
Placed in a frame with velvet interior
Elegantly painted with a landscape vignette depicting a boat on turbulent waters coming into shore greeted by two figures standing near a temple complex sheltered by tall trees framed by distant hills, fishing boats and a pagoda in the middle distance
Footnotes:
The temple plaque in the painting identifies it as “Fa Xingsi”, which could tie it to a 19th century complex by that name in Guangzhou