THE DITCHLEY PARK MIRROR PAINTING, The mirror painting: Chinese, Qianlong period, circa 1760
The frame: English, circa 1770
Height: 37½ in; 95 cm
Width: 28 in; 71 cm
Width: 28 in; 71 cm
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A Qing dynasty mirror painting in a giltwood frame attributed to Linnell. The giltwood frame belongs to a small group of frames of varying sizes from Ditchley Park, all sharing...
A Qing dynasty mirror painting in a giltwood frame attributed to Linnell.
The giltwood frame belongs to a small group of frames of varying sizes from Ditchley Park, all sharing the same distinctive owl and caduceus cresting. The light yet strong design is typical of the output of the Linnell workshop, with characteristically superior carving to the details.
Related designs can be found among the Linnell drawings preserved at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Provenance
Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon, Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, England;
by descent to Arthur, 18th Viscount Dillon (1876–1934), Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, England, and purchased with the property in 1933;
Ronald and Nancy Tree, Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, England;
Private collection, England.
Literature
Christie’s, ‘Fine English Furniture’, sale catalogue, 28 June 1979, p. 7, lot 15, pl. 6.
Christie’s, ‘Highly Important English Furniture’, sale catalogue, 28 June 1984, p. 15, lot 9.
