A VERY RARE CARVED HARDWOOD 'CURIOSITY' MIRROR
LATE 18TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE CARVED HARDWOOD 'CURIOSITY' MIRROR LATE 18TH CENTURY The ingenious device comprising a carved box with two peep holes containing mirrors reflecting two scenes made up from painted shelves arranged to create a sense of perspective in two columns of six, one depicting figures in a street, the other figures in boats on a lake, the hongmu box enclosing a large circular mirror, well carved across the front and sides in medium and high relief with pavilions perched in rocky outcrops among clouds with bats and rivers above water around the base, the back with a slide-in sheet of glass painted with a landscape scene 32 in. (81.5 cm.) high
A VERY RARE CARVED HARDWOOD 'CURIOSITY' MIRROR
LATE 18TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE CARVED HARDWOOD 'CURIOSITY' MIRROR LATE 18TH CENTURY The ingenious device comprising a carved box with two peep holes containing mirrors reflecting two scenes made up from painted shelves arranged to create a sense of perspective in two columns of six, one depicting figures in a street, the other figures in boats on a lake, the hongmu box enclosing a large circular mirror, well carved across the front and sides in medium and high relief with pavilions perched in rocky outcrops among clouds with bats and rivers above water around the base, the back with a slide-in sheet of glass painted with a landscape scene 32 in. (81.5 cm.) high
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