A CHINESE REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS

18th century, depicting an elegant couple seated beneath a tree with an extensive river landscape beyond, in a later giltwood and black lacquer frame decorated with foliage in gilt within a beaded and leaf-carved border, 29.5cm x 45.5cm (the glass is cracked)

Provenance: Bt. Duke’s, 26th October 1995, Lot 500. The collection of the late Anthony du Boulay FSA (1929-2022).