Qianlong period circa 1775-80
European Market
Dimensions: 12½ inches x 10½ inches; 31.5cm x 26.5cm
Provenance: with J Sparks, London 1960.

Priced in GB pounds sterling 
£12,500
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A fine Chinese export reverse glass painting of an interior scene, La Confidence from an engraving by by Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet (1731-1797) after Charles-André Van Loo (1705-1765).

The original painting by Van Loo appears lost but it relates to another painted around 1747 of a lady in Turkish dress being served coffee, thought to show Madame de Pompadour. This example also has the ladies dressed à la Turque which was very fashionable at this time.