OLD CHINESE QING DYNASTY REVERSE GLASS PAINTING TITLED 12 BEAUTIES OF YONGZHENG

FABULOUS & RARE CHINESE LATE QING DYNASTY EARLY REPUBLIC AUTHENTIC REVERSE GLASS HANDMADE OIL PAINTING TITLED “THE TWELVE BEAUTIES OF YONGZHENG”,
(HISTORY AND PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL SCROLL PAINTING THIS WAS FINELY COPIED FROM IS BELOW).
THE FABULOUS CHINESE ART OF “REVERSE GLASS OIL PAINTING” NOT SEEN TODAY WAS IN ITS DAY A FORM OF EARLY COPYING TECHNIQUE MENT TO BRING TO LIFE IN ALMOST EXACT REPLICA’S FAMOUS EARLIER MASTER PAINTINGS THAT WERE MADE FOR EXPORT TO EUROPEAN MARKETS WHICH WERE HUNGRY FOR THEIR BEAUTY AND EXCELENCE IN DETAIL.  THE VERY TEDIOUS AND TIME CONSUMING PROCESSES TO PAINT IN REVERSE ON GLASS WITH ITS MANY LAYERS OF PAINT NEEDING TO HAVE SO ALL COLORS AND DETAILS COULD BE SEEN ON THE FRONT SIDE WHEN FINISHED WERE TRULY PERFECTED BY THE CHINESE ARTISTS OF THE DAY.  THIS “CHINESE REVERSE GLASS OIL PAINTING” IS ONE OF A SERIES OF (12) COPY / REPLICA PAINTINGS MADE FROM THE FAMOUS EARLY QING DYNASTY SCROLL PAINTINGS TITLED, “THE TWELVE BEAUTIES OF YONGZHENG” WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY PAINTED BY “COURT PAINTERS” DURING THE REIGN OF  EMPEROR KANGXI AND YONGZHENG, (“SEE HISTORY BELOW”).  THIS REVERSE GLASS OIL PAINTING IS NO.1 IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES TITLED, “FUR OUTFIT MIRROR”, (ORIGINAL SILK SCROLL PAINTING SEEN BELOW WITH DESCRIPTION).  FABULOUS DETAIL SO CLOSE IN PERFECTLY REPLICATING THE ORIGINAL! I HAVE NOT COME ACROSS A FINER “CHINESE REVERSE GLASS OIL PAINTINGS” IN ALL OF MY YEARS OF DEALING IN CHINESE WORKS OF ART! PAINTING MEASURES 25 X 14 INCHES AND THE FRAME IS 32 X 21 INCHES.  THE REAL BEAUTY OF A FINE “CHINESE REVERSE GLASS OIL PAINTING” OVER CONVENTIONAL SCROLL PAINTINGS IS THE FACT THAT DONE ON GLASS IT GIVES THE PAINTING AN ALMOST 3 DIMENTIONAL FEEL WITH A DEFINITE LUMINESCENT GLOW TO ITS SURFACE PRIZED BY EUROPEANS AND CHINESE ALIKE BACK IN THE DAY.  WILL BE PUTTING UP (3) “QING DYNASTY CHINESE REVERSE GLASS OIL PAINTINGS” FOR AUCTION FROM THIS SAME SERIES.  STARTING OUT THE AUCTION WITH A VERY LOW STARTING BID WITH NO RESERVE!
“The Twelve Beauties of Yongzheng”, the quiet beauty of women
Title: “The Twelve Beauties of Yongzheng”
Painter: Qing Dynasty – court painter
Specifications: silk, ink and color, 184x98cm/piece, 12 pieces in total
Collection: Collection of the Palace Museum.
“Yongzheng Twelve Beauties”, also known as “Yinzhen Beauties”, was painted by palace painters during the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Yongzheng. It depicts 12 palace women dressed in Hanfu sipping tea, reading books, contemplating, watching butterflies, etc. life situation.
The painter realistically reproduced the women’s crowns, hairstyles, jewelry and other popular makeup accessories in the palace at that time in a realistic way, which was a typical image of Han women in the eyes of Prince Yong Yinzhen.
NO.1
Fur outfit mirror
The woman was dressed in dark blue fur, with thin white fluff visible, and a jade pendant around her waist. She put one hand on the stove to keep out the cold, and held a bronze mirror in the other, admiring herself in the mirror with concentration.
The background of the painting is a hanging scroll of seven-character poems in cursive style with sound ink marks, and the inscription is “Pochen Lay Master Inscription”.
Lay Pochen is the nickname that Emperor Yongzheng took himself when he was Prince Yong, expressing his desire to be pure in heart and few desires, regardless of honor or reputation.
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