Reflected beauty : chinese reverse glass paintings from the Mei Lin collection / curators Florian Knothe, Hua Shuo, Ben Chiesa, translation and editing Hua Shuo, Jessica Yeung [and 4 others] ; photographer Rupprecht Mayer,
Published for the exhibition at the University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, 24 September 2021 - 30 January 2022. Includes bibliographical references and glossary
Summary:
"A product of the encounter between East and West, the manufacture of glass paintings in China was stimulated by European glass paintings brought to the imperial court by traders and diplomats in the seventeenth century. Initially made in Canton for Western consumers, the production of Chinese glass paintings spread throughout China by the eighteenth century. Largely ignored by scholars and collectors in favor of exoticized paintings for the West, Chinese reverse glass paintings depict romantic landscapes, traditional motifs, scenes from plays and novels, and the changing image of the Chinese woman, demonstrating the diverse appeal of this unique and fragile art form. Composed of over one hundred works acquired in East Asia between 1968 and 2012, the paintings presented in this publication are from the Mei Lin Collection, one of the world's most important collections of Chinese reverse glass paintings from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries"--Provided by Publisher
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