Small Decorative Mirror with Antique Carved Panels colour-red pomegranate and lemon

pomegranate and lemon

Shade Diam 43cm H 25cm

Normally the subjects would be shown seated and wearing official robes to show their status

At nearly two metres in length

use together as a wonderful display or show one individually as a centrepiece

Small Decorative Mirror with Antique Carved Panels colour-red pomegranate and lemonZheijiang, circa 1880 This unusual portrait mirror has been created using what would once have formed part of a Chinese marriage bed from Zhejiang province. The upper carved section, with a half shoulder top frame, would have been set as the right hand support for the large, enclosed bed, with a corresponding carved panel on the opposite side. The main, shaped section in the large panel is in carved relief, showing a Chinese elder and distinguished