23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
  Lot 165
 

165

An Early 19th Century Carved Bone Brisé Fan, the guards and sticks carved and pierced, all...

An Early 19th Century Carved Bone Brisé Fan, the guards and sticks carved and pierced, all save for a central cartouche left plain for initials or other carving. The twenty-six inner sticks are extensively pierced, with a variety of designs, the guards very much more simply so. Guard length 17cm; and A 19th Century Carved and Pierced Bone Brisé Fan, of the type known as tea ceremony. The inner sticks are pierced and carved with three vignettes, the central one larger, and a border that passes over these vignettes and down each side. Sixteen inner sticks and two guards. Guard length 19cm (2)

Sold for £30
Estimated at £50 - £80


 

Fan 1 - Some slight yellowing to the bone, one stick tip may be splitting vertically. Some minor loss to the design. The ribbon is defective.

 


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Auction: Blackborne Collection - Part 1, 23rd May, 2018

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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