25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
Lot 314
 

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The Legend of Gaius Mucius and Lars Porsena: A Rare Early to Mid-18th Century Italian Fan, with...

The Legend of Gaius Mucius and Lars Porsena: A Rare Early to Mid-18th Century Italian Fan, with carved ivory sticks, the guards with figures and flowers, the gorge with an exterior scene of two men dancing and drinking outside a simple building. The vellum leaf mounted à l'anglaise, features soldiers in armour with their leader Lars Porsena, a throne to the right. Gaius Mucius was a Roman youth who is said to have saved Rome from conquest by the Etruscan King Lars Porsena. Gaius was also known as Muscius Scaevola, meaning 'left handed', as he ruined his right hand in the flames, seen in the centre of the leaf. The verso is plain brown with wavy lines painted on the support sticks. Mother-of-pearl thumb guard. Guard length 27.5cm

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £500 - £800


 

The leaf folds are rubbed, and have some repairs on the verso.

 


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Auction: Blackborne Collection - Part 2, 25th Jul, 2018

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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