IDENTIFIERS
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id:	312336
accession number:	M.40-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Friday 10 March 2023
updated:	Tuesday 14 March 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Chinese reverse-painted mirror, made for the export market. A river landscape scene with boats, framed in the foreground by a tree with vines and white peonies at the base on the left and bamboo with white chrysanthemums at the base on the right. Birds of different varieties, including a male pheasant and parrot, sit on the branches. In a carved European giltwood frame.
title:	reverse-painted mirror

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas, Esq. 1938

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/312336





TECHNIQUES
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reverse-painting

CATEGORIES
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category: mirror

DATING
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creation date:	1750 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1750
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	18th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Chinese School