A very attractive pair of Chinese traditional Mirror paintings or reverse paintings on glass.
\nThey are very detailed, showing ladies in traditional costume with flowers, foliage and interior scenes.
\nThe frames are traditional lacquered hardwood and In very good condition.
\nFabulous decorating pieces .<\/p>\n
INFORMATION.
\nThis is a “reverse painting on glass,” also known as Bolihua in Chinese or verre \u00e9glomis\u00e9 in French. The artist paints in reverse order, applying details and highlights first, followed by broader areas and background elements.
\nOrigin and Popularity:
\nThis technique gained popularity in China during the Qing Dynasty, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries, often created for export to the West.
\nSubject Matter:
\nThe painting depicts a scene with figures, likely from traditional Chinese motifs, plays, or novels, which were common subjects for these artworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15,48,95,98],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10358","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all","product_cat-art","product_cat-oriental-art-and-artefacts","product_cat-vintage-and-contemporary","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","wcspt-has-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/10358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=10358"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=10358"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janeshortantiques.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=10358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}