AN EXTRAORDINARY BLACK LACQUER AND POLYCHROME OVAL MIRROR

June 16 2009, 11:32am

Probably English. Second Quarter of the 19th Century. Of deal decorated with black lacquer and polychrome decoration. The elaborately fretted oval frame surrounding an original bevelled mirror plate with lacquered vignettes depicting deities and infants examining carp. The whole surmounted by a fantastical grisaille mask.