IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 280293 accession number: M.28-1938 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 2 February 2021 updated: Thursday 14 August 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Framed panel of seven Chinese reverse-painted-glass mirrors, made for the export market. A large central mirror, flanked by three smaller mirrors on either side, within an ornate frame. The central panel shows three figures in the foreground with a river landscape beyond. The six side panels have paintings of birds.The central mirror depicts an interaction between a man and a woman. The male figure wears a straw hat with a red tassels and blue knob at the top which indicates his rank as an official. He wears blue and gray robes that has dragon-like roundel motifs on his gray outer robes and a four-clawed dragon pattern on the blue inner layer. His hair is in a queue and he holds a rose in his left hand and a fan in the other hand. The man’s fan is decorated with a painting of a traditional Chinese landscape done in monotone ink. The absence of facial hair indicates he is unmarried. He approaches a woman seated on a rock under a tree. object type: A large central mirror, flanked by three smaller mirrors on either side, within an ornate frame. The central panel shows three figures in the foreground with a river landscape beyond. The six side panels have paintings of birds. Painted with oil. title: reverse-painted mirror LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas, Esq. 1938 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/280293 TECHNIQUES ---------- reverse-painting CATEGORIES ------ category: mirror DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century, Mid CREATORS -------- maker: Chinese School DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 72 dimension: Width units: cm value: 43